baci

Clipping of bacilus, referring to any bacterium (or virus or some other germ).

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ba‧ci
• Rhymes: -t͡si

baci (plural bacik)

1. (childish, informal, humorous) cootie, bacterium, germ (any kind of germ)

   Synonyms: bacilus, baktérium, kórokozó

• baci in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

baci m

1. plural of bacio

baci

1. inflection of baciare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

• bica, ciba

Unknown and disputed. Possibly of an eastern, but pre-Turkish origin (e.g. Cuman, other Turkic, or perhaps Iranian). Has cognates in each of the languages surrounding Romania. Also found in Aromanian as baci. May alternatively be a native, pre-Roman substrate word.

Possibly from Albanian bac.

• IPA^(key): /bat͡ʃʲ/

baci m (plural baci)

1. a shepherd that operates a hut for his flock

• cioban
• stână

baci (Cyrillic spelling баци)

1. inflection of baciti:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. second/third-person singular aorist past