bacach
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish baccach (“lame; lame person”), from bacc (“angle, bend; hindrance, act of hindering”) + -ach.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
bacach (genitive singular masculine bacaigh, genitive singular feminine bacaí, plural bacacha, comparative bacaí)
Declension
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | bacach | bhacach | bacacha; bhacacha² | |
Vocative | bhacaigh | bacacha | ||
Genitive | bacaí | bacacha | bacach | |
Dative | bacach; bhacach¹ |
bhacach; bhacaigh (archaic) |
bacacha; bhacacha² | |
Comparative | níos bacaí | |||
Superlative | is bacaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- bacachán m (“lame person or animal”)
- Laidin bhacach f (“dog-Latin”)
Noun
bacach m (genitive singular bacaigh, nominative plural bacaigh)
- lame person
- beggar
- Ná bac le mac an bhacaigh is ní bhacfaidh mac an bhacaigh leat. ― Don’t bother the beggar’s son and the beggar’s son won’t bother you.
- Synonym: sirtheoir
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- mean person, sponger
- despicable person
Declension
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- bacachas m (“(act of) begging, sponging”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bacach | bhacach | mbacach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bacach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “baccach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bacach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “bacach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish baccach (“lame; lame person”), from bacc (“angle, bend; hindrance, act of hindering”) + -ach.
Adjective
bacach (genitive singular masculine bacaich, comparative bacaiche)
Declension
First declension; forms of the positive degree:
Case | Masculine singular | Feminine singular | Plural |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | bacach | bhacach | bacach |
Vocative | bhacaich | bhacaich | bacach |
Genitive | bhacaich | bhacaich/bacaich | bacach |
Dative | bhacach | bhacaich | bacach |
Comparative/superlative: bacaiche
Noun
bacach m (genitive singular bacaich, plural bacaich)
- a crippled person
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
---|---|
Radical | Lenition |
bacach | bhacach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “bacach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “baccach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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