basc

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

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vascō.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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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)

1. Basque (person from the Basque country)

Noun

basc m (uncountable)

1. Basque (language)

Irish

Etymology

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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)

verbal noun	bascadh
past participle	basctha
tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative
present	bascaim	bascann tú; bascair†	bascann sé, sí	bascaimid	bascann sibh	bascann siad; bascaid†	a bhascann; a bhascas / a mbascann*	basctar
past	bhasc mé; bhascas	bhasc tú; bhascais	bhasc sé, sí	bhascamar; bhasc muid	bhasc sibh; bhascabhair	bhasc siad; bhascadar	a bhasc / ar bhasc*	bascadh
past habitual	bhascainn / mbascainn‡‡	bhasctá / mbasctᇇ	bhascadh sé, sí / mbascadh sé, s퇇	bhascaimis; bhascadh muid / mbascaimis‡‡; mbascadh muid‡‡	bhascadh sibh / mbascadh sibh‡‡	bhascaidís; bhascadh siad / mbascaidís‡‡; mbascadh siad‡‡	a bhascadh / a mbascadh*	bhasctaí / mbascta퇇
future	bascfaidh mé; bascfad	bascfaidh tú; bascfair†	bascfaidh sé, sí	bascfaimid; bascfaidh muid	bascfaidh sibh	bascfaidh siad; bascfaid†	a bhascfaidh; a bhascfas / a mbascfaidh*	bascfar
conditional	bhascfainn / mbascfainn‡‡	bhascfá / mbascfᇇ	bhascfadh sé, sí / mbascfadh sé, s퇇	bhascfaimis; bhascfadh muid / mbascfaimis‡‡; mbascfadh muid‡‡	bhascfadh sibh / mbascfadh sibh‡‡	bhascfaidís; bhascfadh siad / mbascfaidís‡‡; mbascfadh siad‡‡	a bhascfadh / a mbascfadh*	bhascfaí / mbascfa퇇
subjunctive
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
–	bascaim	basc	bascadh sé, sí	bascaimis	bascaigí; bascaidh†	bascaidís	—	basctar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

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, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “basc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “basc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

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):

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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 and 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

Declension of basc

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