See also: bach, Bach, bạch, and bac̱h

Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish bágach. By surface analysis, +‎ -ach.

Adjective edit

bách (genitive singular masculine bách, genitive singular feminine báiche, plural bácha, comparative báiche)

  1. affectionate
    Is bách (iad) lucht aon cheirde.
    Birds of a feather flock together.
    (literally, “People of the same craft are affectionate.”)

Declension edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bách bhách mbách
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

Vietnamese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from . This character also has the reading (as in bá quan and bá tánh).

Numeral edit

bách

  1. (only in compounds) hundred
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Noun edit

(classifier cây) bách

  1. cypress, cypress tree
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Etymology 3 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Verb edit

bách

  1. (only in compounds) to compel, to force, to constrain
Derived terms edit

Etymology 4 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Noun edit

bách

  1. (obsolete) small boat