bácús

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English bakhous, from Old English bæchūs (“bakery, bakehouse”), from Proto-West Germanic *bakahūs (“bakehouse”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠɑːˈkuːsˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɑːkuːsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠaːkusˠ/

Noun

bácús m (genitive singular bácúis, nominative plural bácúis)

1. bakehouse
2. pot-oven

Declension

Declension of bácús

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative bácús bácúis Vocative a bhácúis a bhácúsa Genitive bácúis bácús Dative bácús bácúis

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bácús na bácúis Genitive an bhácúis na mbácús Dative leis an mbácús don bhácús leis na bácúis

Descendants

• → Yola: baakooze

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bácús”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN