bacach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish baccach (“lame; lame person”).[1] By surface analysis, bac (“hindrance”) + -ach.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
bacach (genitive singular masculine bacaigh, genitive singular feminine bacaí, plural bacacha, comparative bacaí)
Declension edit
Declension of bacach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | bacach | bhacach | bacacha; bhacacha² | |
Vocative | bhacaigh | bacacha | ||
Genitive | bacaí | bacacha | bacach | |
Dative | bacach; bhacach¹ |
bhacach; bhacaigh (archaic) |
bacacha; bhacacha² | |
Comparative | níos bacaí | |||
Superlative | is bacaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms edit
- bacachán m (“lame person or animal”)
- Laidin bhacach f (“dog-Latin”)
Noun edit
bacach m (genitive singular bacaigh, nominative plural bacaigh)
- lame person
- beggar
- Synonym: sirtheoir
- Ná bac le mac an bhacaigh is ní bhacfaidh mac an bhacaigh leat. (tongue-twister)
- Don’t bother the beggar’s son and the beggar’s son won’t bother you.
Declension edit
Declension of bacach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
- bacachas m (“(act of) begging, sponging”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bacach | bhacach | mbacach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “baccach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 36, page 20
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bacach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “bacach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “bacach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish baccach (“lame; lame person”).[1] By surface analysis, bac (“hindrance”) + -ach.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
bacach (genitive singular masculine bacaich, comparative bacaiche)
Declension edit
Declension of bacach (type I adjective)
Comparative/superlative: bacaiche
Noun edit
bacach m (genitive singular bacaich, plural bacaich)
- a crippled person
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
bacach | bhacach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “baccach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language