basc

See also: BASc, B.A.Sc., and B. A. Sc.

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vascō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbask]

• Audio:

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Adjective

basc (feminine basca, masculine plural bascs or bascos, feminine plural basques)

1. Basque

Derived terms

• País Basc
• protobasc

 

Noun

basc m (plural bascs or bascos, feminine basca)

1. Basque (person from the Basque country)

Noun

basc m (uncountable)

1. Basque (language)

Irish

Etymology

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Verb

basc (present analytic bascann, future analytic bascfaidh, verbal noun bascadh, past participle basctha)

1. (transitive) bash; crush

Conjugation

conjugation of basc (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	bascaim	bascann tú; bascair†	bascann sé, sí	bascaimid	bascann sibh	bascann siad; bascaid†	a bhascann; a bhascas / a mbascann*; a mbascas*	basctar
	past	bhasc mé; bhascas	bhasc tú; bhascais	bhasc sé, sí	bhascamar; bhasc muid	bhasc sibh; bhascabhair	bhasc siad; bhascadar	a bhasc / ar bhasc*	bascadh
	past habitual	bhascainn / mbascainn‡‡	bhasctá / mbasctᇇ	bhascadh sé, sí / mbascadh sé, s퇇	bhascaimis; bhascadh muid / mbascaimis‡‡; mbascadh muid‡‡	bhascadh sibh / mbascadh sibh‡‡	bhascaidís; bhascadh siad / mbascaidís‡‡; mbascadh siad‡‡	a bhascadh / a mbascadh*	bhasctaí / mbascta퇇
future		bascfaidh mé; bascfad	bascfaidh tú; bascfair†	bascfaidh sé, sí	bascfaimid; bascfaidh muid	bascfaidh sibh	bascfaidh siad; bascfaid†	a bhascfaidh; a bhascfas / a mbascfaidh*; a mbascfas*	bascfar
conditional		bhascfainn / mbascfainn‡‡	bhascfá / mbascfᇇ	bhascfadh sé, sí / mbascfadh sé, s퇇	bhascfaimis; bhascfadh muid / mbascfaimis‡‡; mbascfadh muid‡‡	bhascfadh sibh / mbascfadh sibh‡‡	bhascfaidís; bhascfadh siad / mbascfaidís‡‡; mbascfadh siad‡‡	a bhascfadh / a mbascfadh*	bhascfaí / mbascfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go mbasca mé; go mbascad†	go mbasca tú; go mbascair†	go mbasca sé, sí	go mbascaimid; go mbasca muid	go mbasca sibh	go mbasca siad; go mbascaid†	—	go mbasctar
	past	dá mbascainn	dá mbasctá	dá mbascadh sé, sí	dá mbascaimis; dá mbascadh muid	dá mbascadh sibh	dá mbascaidís; dá mbascadh siad	—	dá mbasctaí
imperative		bascaim	basc	bascadh sé, sí	bascaimis	bascaigí; bascaidh†	bascaidís	—	basctar
verbal noun		bascadh
past participle		basctha

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
basc	bhasc	mbasc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “basc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “basc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “basc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Middle Irish

Etymology 1

From the root of modern baithis (“top, crown (of head)”, literally “baptism”).

Noun

basc ?

1. (weather) storm, heavy fall of rain

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *baskis (“bundle, load”).

Cognate to Welsh baich (“load, burden”), Ancient Macedonian βάσκιοι (báskioi, “fasces, bundle”), Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos, “bundle”), Latin fascis (“band, bundle”), Old English bæst (“inner bark of the linden tree”) and Albanian bashkë (“together”).

Noun

basc ?

1. round necklet or neckband, consisting of beads of precious stone

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
basc	basc pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbasc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 basc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 basc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Occitan

Etymology

From French Basque.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Languedoc):

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Adjective

basc m (feminine singular basca, masculine plural basques, feminine plural bascas)

1. Basque

Noun

basc m (plural basques, feminine basca, feminine plural bascas)

1. Basque (person from the Basque country)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French basque.

Adjective

basc m or n (feminine singular bască, masculine plural baști, feminine and neuter plural baște)

1. Basque

Declension

Declension of basc

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	basc		bască	baști	baște
	definite	bascul		basca	baștii	baștele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	basc		baște	baști	baște
	definite	bascului		baștei	baștilor	baștelor

Noun

basc m (plural basci)

1. Basque

Declension

Declension of basc

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) basc	bascul	(niște) basci	bascii
genitive/dative	(unui) basc	bascului	(unor) basci	bascilor
vocative	bascule		bascilor