bácús

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English bakhous, from Old English bæchūs (“bakery, bakehouse”), from Proto-West Germanic *bakahūs (“bakehouse”).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /bˠɑːˈkuːsˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɑːkuːsˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠaːkusˠ/

Noun

bácús m (genitive singular bácúis, nominative plural bácúis)

  1. bakehouse
  2. pot-oven

Declension

Declension of bácús (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bácús bácúis
vocative a bhácúis a bhácúsa
genitive bácúis bácús
dative bácús bácúis
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bácús na bácúis
genitive an bhácúis na mbácús
dative leis an mbácús
don bhácús 		leis na bácúis

Descendants

  • → Yola: baakooze

Further reading

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