bača

See also: Appendix:Variations of "baca"

Czech

Alternative forms

• báča

Etymology

Derived from Romanian baci. First attested in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbat͡ʃa]

• Hyphenation: ba‧ča

Noun

bača m anim

1. chief shepherd

Declension

Declension of bača (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	bača	bačové
genitive	bači	bačů
dative	bačovi	bačům
accusative	baču	bači
vocative	bačo	bačové
locative	bačovi	bačích
instrumental	bačou	bači

Further reading

• “bača”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “bača”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “bača”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
• Ústav pro jazyk český: Vzory podstatných jmen

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish باغچه (bâğçe), from Persian باغچه (bâġče), diminutive of باغ (bâġ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbat͡ʃa/
• Hyphenation: ba‧ča

Noun

báča n (Cyrillic spelling ба́ча)

1. (Torlakian) alternative form of bášča

   Bába donéla cvéće iz báču. ― Grandmother brought flowers from the garden.

References

• Momčilo Zlatanović, Rečnik govora juga Srbije (provincijalizmi, dijalektizmi, varvarizmi i. dr.), Vranje, 2011.

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Romanian baci.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bat͡ʃa/, [ˈbat͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -at͡ʃa
• Hyphenation: ba‧ča

Noun

bača m pers (female equivalent bačovka, relational adjective bačovský)

1. chief shepherd, assisted by a valach

Declension

Declension of bača
(pattern hrdina)

	singular	plural
nominative	bača	bačovia
genitive	baču	bačov
dative	bačovi	bačom
accusative	baču	bačov
locative	bačovi	bačoch
instrumental	bačom	bačami

Derived terms

• bačovstvo

Further reading

• “bača”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026