bac

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bac"

English

Etymology

From French bac.

Noun

bac (plural bacs)

  1. A broad, flat-bottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope.
  2. A vat or cistern.

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *batja.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bat͡s]

Noun

bac m

  1. elder brother
  2. uncle

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

bac m (plural bacs)

  1. ferry

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bak/
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Etymology 1

Ultimately from Late Latin baccārium

Noun

bac m (plural bacs)

  1. ferry
  2. vat
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Clipping of baccalauréat.

Noun

bac m (plural bacs)

  1. (informal) high school exit exam in France; A level

Further reading

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bacc (“angle, bend, corner; mattock, grub-hoe, bill-hook; hindrance, act of hindering”).

The verb is from Old Irish baccaid (“hinders, prevents, impairs; lames”), from the noun.

Pronunciation

Noun

bac m (genitive singular baic, nominative plural baic)

  1. barrier, block, balk, hindrance
  2. bottleneck, trap
  3. blocking, obstruction
  4. constraint, handicap, impediment, encumbrance
  5. stop
  6. mattock
  7. bend (in river, etc.)
  8. (door-)step
  9. (law) stay (of proceedings)

Declension
Declension of bac

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bac baic
Vocative a bhaic a bhaca
Genitive baic bac
Dative bac baic

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bac na baic
Genitive an bhaic na mbac
Dative leis an mbac

don bhac

 leis na baic

Derived terms
  • aerbhac m (“airlock”)
  • bac poitéinsiúil m (“potential barrier”)

Verb

bac (present analytic bacann, future analytic bacfaidh, verbal noun bacadh, past participle bactha) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. obstruct, balk, hinder
  2. impede, block, clog
  3. pre-empt
  4. bind
  5. foul
  6. (transitive with le) interfere, meddle with
  7. heed

Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present bacaim bacann tú;
bacair†		 bacann sé, sí bacaimid bacann sibh bacann siad;
bacaid†		 a bhacann; a bhacas /
a mbacann*; a mbacas*		 bactar
past bhac mé; bhacas bhac tú; bhacais bhac sé, sí bhacamar; bhac muid bhac sibh; bhacabhair bhac siad; bhacadar a bhac /
ar bhac*		 bacadh
past habitual bhacainn bhactá bhacadh sé, sí bhacaimis; bhacadh muid bhacadh sibh bhacaidís; bhacadh siad a bhacadh /
ar bhacadh*		 bhactaí
future bacfaidh mé;
bacfad		 bacfaidh tú;
bacfair†		 bacfaidh sé, sí bacfaimid;
bacfaidh muid		 bacfaidh sibh bacfaidh siad;
bacfaid†		 a bhacfaidh; a bhacfas /
a mbacfaidh*; a mbacfas*		 bacfar
conditional bhacfainn / mbacfainn‡‡ bhacfá / mbacfᇇ bhacfadh sé, sí / mbacfadh sé, s퇇 bhacfaimis; bhacfadh muid / mbacfaimis‡‡; mbacfadh muid‡‡ bhacfadh sibh / mbacfadh sibh‡‡ bhacfaidís; bhacfadh siad / mbacfaidís‡‡; mbacfadh siad‡‡ a bhacfadh /
ar bhacfadh*		 bhacfaí / mbacfa퇇
subjunctive present go mbaca mé;
go mbacad†		 go mbaca tú;
go mbacair†		 go mbaca sé, sí go mbacaimid;
go mbaca muid		 go mbaca sibh go mbaca siad;
go mbacaid†		 — go mbactar
past dá mbacainn dá mbactá dá mbacadh sé, sí dá mbacaimis;
dá mbacadh muid		 dá mbacadh sibh dá mbacaidís;
dá mbacadh siad		 — dá mbactaí
imperative bacaim bac bacadh sé, sí bacaimis bacaigí;
bacaidh†		 bacaidís — bactar
verbal noun bacadh
past participle bactha

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bac bhac mbac
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Middle English

Noun

bac

  1. Alternative form of bak (“back”)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bac.

Noun

bac n (plural bacuri)

  1. ferry

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish baccaid (“hinders, prevents, impairs; lames”), from bacc (“angle, bend, corner; mattock, grub-hoe, bill-hook; hindrance, act of hindering”).

Noun

bac m (genitive singular baca or baic, plural bacan)

  1. delay, obstacle, hindrance
  2. peat bank
  3. sandbank

Verb

bac (past bhac, future bacaidh, verbal noun bacadh, past participle bacte)

  1. prevent, hinder, obstruct, restrain

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
bacbhac
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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