From Middle Irish bágach. By surface analysis, bá + -ach.
bách (genitive singular masculine bách, genitive singular feminine báiche, plural bácha, comparative báiche)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | bách | bhách | bácha; bhácha² | |
Vocative | bháich | bácha | ||
Genitive | báiche | bácha | bách | |
Dative | bách; bhách¹ |
bhách; bháich (archaic) |
bácha; bhácha² | |
Comparative | níos báiche | |||
Superlative | is báiche |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bách | bhách | mbách |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Sino-Vietnamese word from 柏.
(classifier cây) bách
This character also has the reading bá (as in bá quan and bá tánh).
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Sino-Vietnamese word from 舶.
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