bacán

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See also: bacan, bacàn, băcan, and Băcan

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish baccán, diminutive of Old Irish bacc (“angle”).[1] By surface analysis, bac (“hindrance, barrier”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

Noun

bacán m (genitive singular bacáin, nominative plural bacáin)

  1. crook (bend, curve)
  2. hook, peg

Declension

Declension of bacán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative bacán bacáin
vocative a bhacáin a bhacána
genitive bacáin bacán
dative bacán bacáin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bacán na bacáin
genitive an bhacáin na mbacán
dative leis an mbacán
don bhacán 		leis na bacáin

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of bacán
radical lenition eclipsis
bacán bhacán mbacán

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), “baccán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 118, page 28
  3. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 71, page 15
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 411, page 135

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ligurian bacan (“boss, captain”), from Turkish bakan (“minister”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈkan/
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: ba‧cán

Noun

bacán m (plural bacanes)

  1. (colloquial, Argentina, Uruguay) pimp
  2. (colloquial, dated, Argentina, Uruguay) boss, owner
  3. (colloquial, dated, Argentina, Uruguay) concubine
  4. (colloquial, dated, Argentina, Uruguay) lover of a kept woman

Adjective

bacán (feminine bacana, masculine plural bacanes, feminine plural bacanas)

  1. (colloquial, Ecuador, Perú, Chile, Colombia, Cuba) cool, awesome
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:guay
  2. (colloquial, Argentina, Uruguay) posh
  3. (colloquial, Argentina, Uruguay) snobbish
  4. (colloquial, Argentina, Uruguay) luxurious, refined

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