bacánach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom bacán (“hinge hook”) + -ach (adjective suffix).
Adjective
editbacánach (genitive singular masculine bacánaigh, genitive singular feminine bacánaí, plural bacánacha, not comparable)
Declension
editDeclension of bacánach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | bacánach | bhacánach | bacánacha; bhacánacha² | |
Vocative | bhacánaigh | bacánacha | ||
Genitive | bacánaí | bacánacha | bacánach | |
Dative | bacánach; bhacánach¹ |
bhacánach; bhacánaigh (archaic) |
bacánacha; bhacánacha² | |
Comparative | níos bacánaí | |||
Superlative | is bacánaí |
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- alt bacánach m (“hinge joint”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bacánach | bhacánach | mbacánach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bacánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “bacánach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024