bacaigh

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɑkɪɟ/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈbˠakə/
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈbˠakiː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠaki/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish baccaigid (to lame; to prevent), from Old Irish baccach.

Verb

bacaigh (present analytic bacaíonn, future analytic bacóidh, verbal noun bacú, past participle bacaithe)

  1. (transitive) to lame
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Adjective

bacaigh

  1. inflection of bacach (lame):
    1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
    2. (archaic) dative singular feminine

Noun

bacaigh m

  1. inflection of bacach (lame person; beggar):
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Mutated forms of bacaigh
radical lenition eclipsis
bacaigh bhacaigh mbacaigh

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

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