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cac
cac
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- cacu
Verb
cac (past participle cãcatã)
Related terms
- cãcari/cãcare
- cãcat
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish cacc (“dung, excrement”).
Noun
cac m (genitive singular caca, nominative plural cacanna)
Declension
Declension of cac
Third declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- cac iarainn m (“bog iron ore”)
Interjection
cac
Etymology 2
From Old Irish caccaid (“excretes”, verb), from cacc (“dung, excrement”).
Verb
cac (present analytic cacann, future analytic cacfaidh, verbal noun cac, past participle cactha)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | cacaim | cacann tú; cacair† |
cacann sé, sí | cacaimid | cacann sibh | cacann siad; cacaid† |
a chacann; a chacas / a gcacann*; a gcacas* |
cactar |
| past | chac mé; chacas | chac tú; chacais | chac sé, sí | chacamar; chac muid | chac sibh; chacabhair | chac siad; chacadar | a chac / ar chac* |
cacadh | |
| past habitual | chacainn | chactá | chacadh sé, sí | chacaimis; chacadh muid | chacadh sibh | chacaidís; chacadh siad | a chacadh / ar chacadh* |
chactaí | |
| future | cacfaidh mé; cacfad |
cacfaidh tú; cacfair† |
cacfaidh sé, sí | cacfaimid; cacfaidh muid |
cacfaidh sibh | cacfaidh siad; cacfaid† |
a chacfaidh; a chacfas / a gcacfaidh*; a gcacfas* |
cacfar | |
| conditional | chacfainn | chacfá | chacfadh sé, sí | chacfaimis; chacfadh muid | chacfadh sibh | chacfaidís; chacfadh siad | a chacfadh / ar chacfadh* |
chacfaí | |
| subjunctive | present | go gcaca mé; go gcacad† |
go gcaca tú; go gcacair† |
go gcaca sé, sí | go gcacaimid; go gcaca muid |
go gcaca sibh | go gcaca siad; go gcacaid† |
— | go gcactar |
| past | dá gcacainn | dá gcactá | dá gcacadh sé, sí | dá gcacaimis; dá gcacadh muid |
dá gcacadh sibh | dá gcacaidís; dá gcacadh siad |
— | dá gcactaí | |
| imperative | cacaim | cac | cacadh sé, sí | cacaimis | cacaigí; cacaidh† |
cacaidís | — | cactar | |
| verbal noun | cac | ||||||||
| past participle | cactha | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cac | chac | gcac |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "cac" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “cacc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “caccaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Romanian
Verb
cac
- first-person singular present tense form of căca.
- first-person singular subjunctive form of căca.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology 1
From Old Irish cacc (“dung, excrement”).
Noun
cac m (genitive singular caca, no plural)
Derived terms
- poll-caca (“cesspool”)
Etymology 2
From Old Irish caccaid (“excretes”, verb), from cacc (“dung, excrement”).
Verb
cac (past chac, future cacaidh, verbal noun cac or cacadh, past participle cacte)
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
- “cacc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “caccaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.