bacánach
Irish
Adjective
bacánach (genitive singular masculine bacánaigh, genitive singular feminine bacánaí, plural bacánacha, not comparable)
Declension
Declension of bacánach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bacánach | bhacánach | bacánacha; bhacánacha² | |
| Vocative | bhacánaigh | bacánacha | ||
| Genitive | bacánaí | bacánacha | bacánach | |
| Dative | bacánach; bhacánach¹ |
bhacánach; bhacánaigh (archaic) |
bacánacha; bhacánacha² | |
| Comparative | níos bacánaí | |||
| Superlative | is bacánaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- alt bacánach m (“hinge joint”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bacánach | bhacánach | mbacánach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "bacánach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “bacánach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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