bac

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English

Etymology 1

From French bac.

Noun

bac (plural bacs)

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

Etymology 2

Noun

bac (plural bacs)

  1. Clipping of baccalaureate.
Derived terms

Anagrams

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

  1. Borrowed from South Slavic *bat'a rather than cognate with it.
  2. From Proto-Albanian *batja. According to Orel bac/bacë could be related to Slavic Proto-Slavic *bat'a (“elder brother, uncle”) and Proto-Slavic *batja (“id”). Source of Romanian baci (“chief shepherd, cheese-maker”) and Megleno-Romanian/Aromanian batš (“id”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bac m (plural bacë, definite baca, definite plural bacët)

  1. elder brother
  2. uncle

References

  1. ^ Hyllested first1=Adam, Joseph, Brian (2022) “13-Albanian”, in Thomas Olander, editor, The Indo-European language family
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “Alb. bac m Pl. baca ('elder brother, uncle')”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 13

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

bac m (plural bacs)

  1. Alternative form of obac (“shady spot”)

Etymology 2

Cognate with French bac.

Noun

bac m (plural bacs)

  1. vat
  2. ferry

Further reading

Czech

Pronunciation

Verb

bac

  1. second-person singular imperative of bacit

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French bac, from Old French bas, bac- (“flat boat”), of obscure origin. Possibly from Vulgar Latin *baccu (“container”), from Latin bacar (“kind of wine glass”). Or, possibly borrowed from Celtic or Germanic, from Proto-Germanic *baką (“back, rear”).

Noun

bac m (plural bacs)

  1. ferry
  2. vat
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Catalan: bac
  • → Dutch: bak
  • → English: bac

Etymology 2

Clipping of baccalauréat.

Noun

bac m (plural bacs)

  1. (informal) high school exit exam in France; A level, matura
Related terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bacc (“angle, bend, corner”), from Proto-Celtic *bakkos (“hook”).

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

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

conjugation of bac (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 / mbacainn‡‡ bhactá / mbactᇇ bhacadh sé, sí / mbacadh sé, s퇇 bhacaimis; bhacadh muid / mbacaimis‡‡; mbacadh muid‡‡ bhacadh sibh / mbacadh sibh‡‡ bhacaidís; bhacadh siad / mbacaidís‡‡; mbacadh siad‡‡ a bhacadh /
a mbacadh* 		bhactaí / mbacta퇇
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 /
a mbacfadh* 		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 1

Borrowed from French bac.

Noun

bac n (plural bacuri)

  1. ferry
Declension
Declension of bac
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) bac bacul (niște) bacuri bacurile
genitive/dative (unui) bac bacului (unor) bacuri bacurilor
vocative bacule bacurilor

Etymology 2

Clipping of bacalaureat

Noun

bac n (plural bacuri)

  1. baccalaureat
Declension
Declension of bac
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) bac bacul (niște) bacuri bacurile
genitive/dative (unui) bac bacului (unor) bacuri bacurilor
vocative bacule bacurilor

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish baccaid (“hinders, prevents, impairs; lames”), from bacc (“angle, bend, corner”), from Proto-Celtic *bakkos (“hook”).

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

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

bac

  1. Soft mutation of pac.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
pac bac mhac phac
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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