basc

See also: BASc, B.A.Sc., and B. A. Sc.

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vascō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈbask]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Audio (Valencia):

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Adjective

basc (feminine basca, masculine plural bascs or bascos, feminine plural basques)

1. Basque

Derived terms

• País Basc
• protobasc

Noun

basc m (plural bascs or bascos, feminine basca, feminine plural basques)

1. Basque (person from the Basque country)

Noun

basc m (uncountable)

1. Basque (language)

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

basc (present analytic bascann, future analytic bascfaidh, verbal noun bascadh, past participle basctha)

1. (transitive) bash; crush

Conjugation

Conjugation of basc (first conjugation – A)

indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	bascaim	bascann tú; bascair†	bascann sé, sí	bascaimid; bascann muid	bascann sibh	bascann siad; bascaid†	a bhascann; a bhascas	basctar
past	bhasc mé; bhascas	bhasc tú; bhascais	bhasc sé, sí	bhascamar; bhasc muid	bhasc sibh; bhascabhair	bhasc siad; bhascadar	a bhasc	bascadh
past habitual	bhascainn / bascainn‡	bhasctá / basctá‡	bhascadh sé, sí / bascadh sé, sí‡	bhascaimis; bhascadh muid / bascaimis‡; bascadh muid‡	bhascadh sibh / bascadh sibh‡	bhascaidís; bhascadh siad / bascaidís‡; bascadh siad‡	a bhascadh	bhasctaí / basctaí‡
	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	bascfaidh mé; bascfad	bascfaidh tú; bascfair†	bascfaidh sé, sí	bascfaimid; bascfaidh muid	bascfaidh sibh	bascfaidh siad; bascfaid†	a bhascfaidh; a bhascfas	bascfar
conditional	bhascfainn / bascfainn‡	bhascfá / bascfá‡	bhascfadh sé, sí / bascfadh sé, sí‡	bhascfaimis; bhascfadh muid / bascfaimis‡; bascfadh muid‡	bhascfadh sibh / bascfadh sibh‡	bhascfaidís; bhascfadh siad / bascfaidís‡; bascfadh siad‡	a bhascfadh	bhascfaí / bascfaí‡
subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	go mbasca mé; go mbascad†	go mbasca tú; go mbascair†	go mbasca sé, sí	go mbascaimid; go mbasca muid	go mbasca sibh	go mbasca siad; go mbascaid†	—	go mbasctar
past	dá mbascainn	dá mbasctá	dá mbascadh sé, sí	dá mbascaimis; dá mbascadh muid	dá mbascadh sibh	dá mbascaidís; dá mbascadh siad	—	dá mbasctaí
imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
—	bascaim	basc	bascadh sé, sí	bascaimis	bascaigí; bascaidh†	bascaidís	—	basctar
past participle	basctha
verbal noun	bascadh

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Mutation

Mutated forms of basc

radical	lenition	eclipsis
basc	bhasc	mbasc

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “basc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “basc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “basc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Middle Irish

Etymology 1

From the root of modern baithis (“top, crown (of head)”, literally “baptism”).

Noun

basc ?

1. (weather) storm, heavy fall of rain

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *baskis (“bundle, load”).

Cognate to Welsh baich (“load, burden”), Ancient Macedonian βάσκιοι (báskioi, “fasces, bundle”), Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos, “bundle”), Latin fascis (“band, bundle”), Old English bæst (“inner bark of the linden tree”) and Albanian bashkë (“together”).

Noun

basc ?

1. round necklet or neckband, consisting of beads of precious stone

Mutation

Mutation of basc

radical	lenition	nasalization
basc	basc pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbasc

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 basc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 basc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Occitan

Etymology

From French Basque.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Languedoc):

  (file)

Adjective

basc m (feminine singular basca, masculine plural basques, feminine plural bascas)

1. Basque

Noun

basc m (plural basques, feminine basca, feminine plural bascas)

1. Basque (person from the Basque country)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French basque.

Adjective

basc m or n (feminine singular bască, masculine plural baști, feminine/neuter plural baște)

1. Basque

Declension

Declension of basc

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	basc		bască	baști	baște
	definite	bascul		basca	baștii	baștele
genitive- dative	indefinite	basc		baște	baști	baște
	definite	bascului		baștei	baștilor	baștelor

Noun

basc m (plural basci)

1. Basque

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	basc	bascul	basci	bascii
genitive-dative	basc	bascului	basci	bascilor
vocative	bascule		bascilor