bacaí

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See also: bacai

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish baccaige (“lameness”), from baccach.

Noun

bacaí f (genitive singular bacaí)

  1. lameness
Declension
Declension of bacaí (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative bacaí
vocative a bhacaí
genitive bacaí
dative bacaí
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an bhacaí
genitive na bacaí
dative leis an mbacaí
don bhacaí

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

bacaí

  1. inflection of bacach:
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of bacaí
radical lenition eclipsis
bacaí bhacaí mbacaí

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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