bacstaí

Irish

Etymology

Possibly from arán bocht-tí (literally “bread of the poor-house”), or alternatively from bácús (“bakehouse, bakery”)

Noun

bacstaí m (genitive singular bacstaí)

1. boxty (potato pancake)

   Synonyms: cáca bacstaí, císte steaimpí, steaimpí

Declension

Declension of bacstaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative bacstaí Vocative a bhacstaí Genitive bacstaí Dative bacstaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an bacstaí Genitive an bhacstaí Dative leis an mbacstaí don bhacstaí

Descendants

• → English: boxty

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bacstaí	bhacstaí	mbacstaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bacstaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “boxty”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024