bacstaí

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Irish

Etymology

Possibly from arán bocht-tí (literally “bread of the poor-house”),[1] or alternatively from bácús (“bakehouse, bakery”)

Noun

bacstaí m (genitive singular bacstaí)

  1. boxty (potato pancake)
    Synonyms: cáca bacstaí, císte steaimpí, steaimpí

Declension

Declension of bacstaí (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative bacstaí
vocative a bhacstaí
genitive bacstaí
dative bacstaí
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an bacstaí
genitive an bhacstaí
dative leis an mbacstaí
don bhacstaí

Descendants

  • → English: boxty

Mutation

Mutated forms of bacstaí
radical lenition eclipsis
bacstaí bhacstaí mbacstaí

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

References

  1. ^ Ayto, John (2012) The diner's dictionary : word origins of food & drink‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University ECB press, →ISBN, page 42

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