bacaí
See also: bacai
Irish
Alternative forms
- bacaighe (superseded)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish baccaige (“lameness”), from baccach.
Noun
bacaí f (genitive singular bacaí)
Declension
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
bacaí
- inflection of bacach:
- genitive singular feminine
- comparative degree
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| bacaí | bhacaí | mbacaí |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bacaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “bacaí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bacaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “baccaige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language