jac
Bouyei edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
jac
- to brave
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Back-formation from jaqueta.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
jac m (plural jacs)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
jac
- first-person singular present indicative form of jaure
Romanian edit
Noun edit
jac n (plural jacuri)
- Alternative form of jaf
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
jac m (plural jaciau or jacs, not mutable)
- a jack a mechanical device used to raise and support a heavy object
- Synonym: gwas
- a jack a kind of bottle used especially for carrying a drink to work
- (sports) a jack a target ball in bowls
- (card games) jack, knave
- Synonym: milwr
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Etymology 2 edit
Derived from the name Jac (“Jack”) or borrowed from English Jack.
Noun edit
jac m (plural jaciau or jacs, not mutable)
- A term used in the names of certain creatures, plants and devices, literally "jack"
Derived terms edit
- jac codi baw (“JCB”)
- jac y baglau (“daddy-long-legs”)
- jac y gwrych (“jack-by-the-hedge, garlic mustard, Alliaria petiolata”)
- jac y jwmper (“grasshopper”)
- jac lantar (“jack-o’-lantern, ignis fatuus”)
- jac llwyd y baw (“dunnock, hedge-sparrow, Prunella modularis”)
- jac y nico (“goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis”)
- jac noethlymun (“autumn crocus, Colchicum autumnale”)
- jac y rhaca (“water boatman”)
- jac sbonc (“grasshopper; jack-o’-lantern, ignis fatuus”)
- jac yn y bocs (“jack-in-the-box”)
- pob un wan jac (“every man jack”)
References edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “jac”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies