bach

See also: Bach, bac̱h, and bạch

§English

§Etymology

Probable shortening of bachelor

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bætʃ/
• Rhymes: -ætʃ

§Noun

bach (plural baches)

1. (New Zealand, northern) A holiday home, usually small and near the beach, often with only one or two rooms and of simple construction.

§Synonyms

• crib (New Zealand)

§Translations

small house

• Maori: kōpuha

§Verb

bach (third-person singular simple present baches, present participle baching, simple past and past participle bached)

1. (US) To live apart from women, as with the period when a divorce is in progress (compare bachelor pad).

§Anagrams

• BHCA

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§Welsh

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑːχ/

§Etymology 1

Cognate with Irish beag.

§Adjective

bach (feminine bach, plural bach, equative bached, comparative llai, superlative lleiaf)

1. small, little

   Na, rwy'n mynd ar y trên bach. ― No, I'm taking the little train.

§Synonyms

• bychan

§Etymology 2

From Old Welsh bach, from Proto-Celtic *bacc, from Proto-Indo-European *bak-.

§Noun

bach m, f (plural bachau)

1. hook
2. bend, corner
3. hinge
4. bracket

§Derived terms

• bach cyrliog
• bach petryal

§Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bach	fach	mach	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.