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bac

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English

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Etymology 1

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From French bac.

Noun

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bac (plural bacs)

  1. A broad, flat-bottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope.
  2. A vat or cistern.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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bac (plural bacs)

  1. Clipping of baccalaureate.
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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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  1. Borrowed from South Slavic *bat'a rather than cognate with it.[1]
  2. From Proto-Albanian *batja. According to Orel bac/bacë could be related to Proto-Slavic *bat'a (“elder brother, uncle”) and Proto-Slavic *batja (“id”). Source of Romanian baci (“chief shepherd, cheese-maker”) and Megleno-Romanian/Aromanian batš (“id”).[2]

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Noun

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bac m (plural bacë, definite baca, definite plural bacët)

  1. elder brother
  2. uncle

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  1. ^ Hyllested first1=Adam, Joseph, Brian (2022) “13-Albanian”, in Thomas Olander, editor, The Indo-European language family
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “Alb. bac m Pl. baca ('elder brother, uncle')”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 13

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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bac m (plural bacs)

  1. Alternative form of obac (“shady spot”)

Etymology 2

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Cognate with French bac.

Noun

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bac m (plural bacs)

  1. vat
  2. ferry

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Czech

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Verb

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bac

  1. second-person singular imperative of bacit

French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Middle French bac, from Old French bas, bac- (“flat boat”), of obscure origin. Possibly from Vulgar Latin *baccu (“container”), from Latin bacar (“kind of wine glass”). Or, possibly borrowed from Celtic or Germanic, from Proto-Germanic *baką (“back, rear”).

Noun

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bac m (plural bacs)

  1. ferry
  2. vat
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Descendants
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  • → Catalan: bac
  • → Dutch: bak
  • → English: bac

Etymology 2

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Clipping of baccalauréat.

Noun

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bac m (plural bacs)

  1. (informal) high school exit exam in France; A level, matura
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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish bacc (“angle, bend, corner”), from Proto-Celtic *bakkos (“hook”).

The verb is from Old Irish baccaid (“hinders, prevents, impairs; lames”), from the noun.

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Noun

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bac m (genitive singular baic, nominative plural baic)

  1. barrier, block, balk, hindrance
  2. bottleneck, trap
  3. blocking, obstruction
  4. constraint, handicap, impediment, encumbrance
  5. stop
  6. mattock
  7. bend (in river, etc.)
  8. (door-)step
  9. (law) stay (of proceedings)

Declension

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Declension of bac

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bac baic
Vocative a bhaic a bhaca
Genitive baic bac
Dative bac baic

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bac na baic
Genitive an bhaic na mbac
Dative leis an mbac

don bhac

leis na baic

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Verb

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bac (present analytic bacann, future analytic bacfaidh, verbal noun bacadh, past participle bactha) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. obstruct, balk, hinder
  2. impede, block, clog
  3. pre-empt
  4. bind
  5. foul
  6. (intransitive) to interfere, to meddle [with le ‘with’]
  7. heed

Conjugation

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conjugation of bac (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present bacaim bacann tú;
bacair† 		bacann sé, sí bacaimid bacann sibh bacann siad;
bacaid† 		a bhacann; a bhacas /
a mbacann* 		bactar
past bhac mé; bhacas bhac tú; bhacais bhac sé, sí bhacamar; bhac muid bhac sibh; bhacabhair bhac siad; bhacadar a bhac /
ar bhac* 		bacadh
past habitual bhacainn / mbacainn‡‡ bhactá / mbactᇇ bhacadh sé, sí / mbacadh sé, s퇇 bhacaimis; bhacadh muid / mbacaimis‡‡; mbacadh muid‡‡ bhacadh sibh / mbacadh sibh‡‡ bhacaidís; bhacadh siad / mbacaidís‡‡; mbacadh siad‡‡ a bhacadh /
a mbacadh* 		bhactaí / mbacta퇇
future bacfaidh mé;
bacfad 		bacfaidh tú;
bacfair† 		bacfaidh sé, sí bacfaimid;
bacfaidh muid 		bacfaidh sibh bacfaidh siad;
bacfaid† 		a bhacfaidh; a bhacfas /
a mbacfaidh* 		bacfar
conditional bhacfainn / mbacfainn‡‡ bhacfá / mbacfᇇ bhacfadh sé, sí / mbacfadh sé, s퇇 bhacfaimis; bhacfadh muid / mbacfaimis‡‡; mbacfadh muid‡‡ bhacfadh sibh / mbacfadh sibh‡‡ bhacfaidís; bhacfadh siad / mbacfaidís‡‡; mbacfadh siad‡‡ a bhacfadh /
a mbacfadh* 		bhacfaí / mbacfa퇇
subjunctive present go mbaca mé;
go mbacad† 		go mbaca tú;
go mbacair† 		go mbaca sé, sí go mbacaimid;
go mbaca muid 		go mbaca sibh go mbaca siad;
go mbacaid† 		— go mbactar
past dá mbacainn dá mbactá dá mbacadh sé, sí dá mbacaimis;
dá mbacadh muid 		dá mbacadh sibh dá mbacaidís;
dá mbacadh siad 		— dá mbactaí
imperative bacaim bac bacadh sé, sí bacaimis bacaigí;
bacaidh† 		bacaidís — bactar
verbal noun bacadh
past participle bactha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Descendants

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  • → Fingallian: bock

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bac bhac mbac
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Middle English

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Noun

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bac

  1. Alternative form of bak (“back”)

Romanian

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French bac.

Noun

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bac n (plural bacuri)

  1. ferry
Declension
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Declension of bac
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) bac bacul (niște) bacuri bacurile
genitive/dative (unui) bac bacului (unor) bacuri bacurilor
vocative bacule bacurilor

Etymology 2

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Clipping of bacalaureat

Noun

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bac n (plural bacuri)

  1. baccalaureat
Declension
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Declension of bac
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) bac bacul (niște) bacuri bacurile
genitive/dative (unui) bac bacului (unor) bacuri bacurilor
vocative bacule bacurilor

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish baccaid (“hinders, prevents, impairs; lames”), from bacc (“angle, bend, corner”), from Proto-Celtic *bakkos (“hook”).

Noun

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bac m (genitive singular baca or baic, plural bacan)

  1. delay, obstacle, hindrance
  2. peat bank
  3. sandbank

Verb

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bac (past bhac, future bacaidh, verbal noun bacadh, past participle bacte)

  1. prevent, hinder, obstruct, restrain

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Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
bac bhac
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Welsh

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Noun

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bac

  1. Soft mutation of pac.

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
pac bac mhac phac
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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