bacaí

See also: bacai

Irish

Alternative forms

• bacaighe (superseded)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bˠəˈkiː/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠakiː/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠaki/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish baccaige (“lameness”), from baccach.

Noun

bacaí f (genitive singular bacaí)

1. lameness

Declension

Declension of bacaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative bacaí Vocative a bhacaí Genitive bacaí Dative bacaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an bhacaí Genitive na bacaí Dative leis an mbacaí don bhacaí

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

bacaí

1. inflection of bacach:
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bacaí	bhacaí	mbacaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bacaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bacaí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bacaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “baccaige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language