Word: poc / boc (POK, BOK) [pok, bok]

Meaning: poc = buck (billy goat; stag); butt
boc = buck (kind of man)

Usage:

• "An Poc ar Buile" (uhn POK ehr BWIH-luh) [@n pok er' bil'@] = The Mad Billy Goat (lit., the buck on frenzy) - the title of a well-known traditional song
• Thug sé poc sa tóin dó. (HOOG shay POK suh TOH-ihn DOH) [hug s'e: pok s@ to:n' do:] = He butted him, gave him a poke in the rear.
• boc mór = a big shot

History: Old Irish "bocc", with the later variant "pocc", Welsh "bwch" andBreton "bouc'h" come from Common Celtic *bukkos (he-goat), fromIndo-European *bhugo- (stag, ram, he-goat). English cognates include"buck", and also "butcher", from Old French "bouchier", derived from"bouc" (he-goat), which probably comes from Gaulish "bukkos".

Scottish Gaelic: boc

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