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Irish
Etymology 1
bac + -adh (verbal noun suffix)
Pronunciation
Noun
bacadh m (genitive singular bactha)
- verbal noun of bac
- balk, hindrance
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
bacadh
- past indicative autonomous of bac
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɑkəx/
- (Galway) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈbˠakətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈbˠakəx/
- (Mayo) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈbˠakətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈbˠakuː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈbˠakətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈbˠaku/
Verb
bacadh
- inflection of bac:
- past subjunctive analytic
- third-person singular imperative
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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bacadh
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bhacadh
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mbacadh
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Noun
bacadh m (genitive singular bacaidh, plural bacaidhean)
- verbal noun of bac
- obstacle, obstruction, hindrance, restraint, act of hindering or preventing
- delay
- barrier (on level crossing)
- cow dung
Declension
Declension of bacadh (type I masculine noun)
✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century
Derived terms
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “bacadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN