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:(file)

Adjective

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

  1. Basque

Derived terms

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

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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

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”).[1]

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

  1. ^ Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.93

Occitan

Etymology

From French Basque.

Pronunciation

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
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