bacachas

Irish

Alternative forms

• bacadas

Etymology

From bacach (“lame person; beggar”) +‎ -as.

Noun

bacachas m (genitive singular bacachais)

1. (act of) begging, sponging

Declension

Declension of bacachas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative bacachas Vocative a bhacachais Genitive bacachais Dative bacachas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an bacachas Genitive an bhacachais Dative leis an mbacachas don bhacachas

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bacachas	bhacachas	mbacachas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bacachas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “bacachas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.