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bacach
bacach
Irish
Adjective
bacach (genitive singular masculine bacaigh, genitive singular feminine bacaí, plural bacacha, comparative bacaí)
Declension
Declension of bacach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bacach | bacach¹ | bacacha³ | |
| Vocative | bacaigh¹ | bacach¹ | bacacha | |
| Genitive | bacaigh¹ | bacaí (obsolete) bacaighe |
bacacha | bacach |
| Dative | bacach² | bacach¹ (archaic) bacaigh¹ |
bacacha³ | |
| Comparative | bacaí (obsolete) bacaighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
bacach m (genitive singular bacaigh, nominative plural bacaigh)
- lame person
- beggar
- Ná bac le mac an bhacaigh is ní bhacfaidh mac an bhacaigh leat.
- Don’t bother the beggar’s son and the beggar’s son won’t bother you.
- Ná bac le mac an bhacaigh is ní bhacfaidh mac an bhacaigh leat.
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- mean person, sponger
- despicable person
Declension
Declension of bacach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
- (beggar): sirtheoir
Derived terms
- bacachán m (“lame person or animal”)
- bacachas m (“(act of) begging, sponging”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bacach | bhacach | mbacach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "bacach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “baccach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish baccach (“lame; lame person”), from bacc (“angle, bend; hindrance, act of hindering”).
Adjective
bacach
Declension
First declension; forms of the positive degree:
| Case | Masculine singular | Feminine singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bacach | bhacach | bacach |
| Vocative | bhacaich | bhacaich | bacach |
| Genitive | bhacaich | bhacaich/bacaich | bacach |
| Dative | bhacach | bhacaich | bacach |
Comparative/superlative: bacaiche
Noun
bacach m (genitive singular bacaich, plural bacaich)
- A crippled person
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “baccach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.