bachall

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bachall, from Latin baculum.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

bachall f or m (genitive singular bachaille, nominative plural bachalla)

  1. crook (shepherd's staff)
    Synonyms: caimín, camóg, crúca
  2. (Christianity) crosier
  3. ringlet (of hair)
    Synonyms: búcla, caschiabh, drol, fáinne, fáinneog, iodh, lúibín
  4. tramp (of spade)
  5. hooked nose

Declension

Declension of bachall (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative bachall bachalla
vocative a bhachall a bhachalla
genitive bachaille bachall
dative bachall bachalla
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bhachall na bachalla
genitive na bachaille na mbachall
dative leis an mbachall
don bhachall 		leis na bachalla

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of bachall
radical lenition eclipsis
bachall bhachall mbachall

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bachall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 330, page 114

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin baculum.

Pronunciation

Noun

bachall f (genitive bachlae, nominative plural bachla)

  1. staff
    Synonyms: crann, maide, slat, stáinse, trostán
  2. shepherd's crook
    Synonyms: cammán, cammóc, stáinse
  3. (Christianity) crosier
  4. (Christianity, figuratively) holy orders, ordination, calling, pilgrimage
  5. hurley-stick
    Synonym: cammán
  6. (late) curl, tress
    Synonyms: corn, fáinne, gibne, id

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative bachallL bachaillL bachlaH
Vocative bachallL bachaillL bachlaH
Accusative bachaillN bachaillL bachlaH
Genitive bachlaeH bachallL bachallN
Dative bachaillL bachlaib bachlaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: bachall
  • Scottish Gaelic: bachall
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: bachlach

Mutation

Mutation of bachall
radical lenition nasalization
bachall bachall
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ 		mbachall

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish bachall, from Latin baculum.

Pronunciation

Noun

bachall m (genitive singular bachaill)

  1. shepherd's crook
  2. staff
  3. (Christianity) crosier
  4. old shoe or slipper
  5. rim of a cart
  6. tennis-racket
  7. dolt

Mutation

Mutation of bachall
radical lenition
bachall bhachall

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “bachall”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bachall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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