cac

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cac"

Translingual

Symbol

cac

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Chuj.

See also

Albanian

Etymology

Version of eci (“to walk, step, go”). Used by adults when speaking to toddlers while teaching them how to walk.

Pronunciation

Verb

cac (aorist caca, participle cacur)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) to walk slowly
  2. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) to learn (how) to walk
    Synonym: përkëmb

Conjugation

Standard Albanian conjugation of cac (active voice)

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participle cacur
gerund duke cacur
infinitive për të cacur
singular plural
1st pers. 2nd pers. 3rd pers. 1st pers. 2nd pers. 3rd pers.
indicative present cac cac cac cacim cacni cacin
imperfect cacja cacje cacte cacnim cacnit cacnin
aorist caca cace caci cacëm cacët cacën
perfect kam cacur ke cacur ka cacur kemi cacur keni cacur kanë cacur
past perfect kisha cacur kishe cacur kishte cacur kishim cacur kishit cacur kishin cacur
aorist II pata cacur pate cacur pati cacur patëm cacur patët cacur patën cacur
future1 do të cac do të cacësh do të cacë do të cacim do të cacni do të cacin
future perfect2 do të kem cacur do të kesh cacur do të ketë cacur do të kemi cacur do të keni cacur do të kenë cacur
subjunctive present të cac të cacësh të cacë të cacim të cacni të cacin
imperfect të cacja të cacje të cacte të cacnim të cacnit të cacnin
perfect të kem cacur të kesh cacur të ketë cacur të kemi cacur të keni cacur të kenë cacur
past perfect të kisha cacur të kishe cacur të kishte cacur të kishim cacur të kishit cacur të kishin cacur
conditional1, 2 imperfect do të cacja do të cacje do të cacte do të cacnim do të cacnit do të cacnin
past perfect do të kisha cacur do të kishe cacur do të kishte cacur do të kishim cacur do të kishit cacur do të kishin cacur
optative present cacsha cacsh cactë cacshim cacshi cacshin
perfect paça cacur paç cacur pastë cacur paçim cacur paçit cacur paçin cacur
admirative present cackam cacke cacka cackemi cackeni cackan
imperfect cackësha cackëshe cackësh cackëshim cackëshit cackëshin
perfect paskam cacur paske cacur paska cacur paskemi cacur paskeni cacur paskan cacur
past perfect paskësha cacur paskëshe cacur paskësh cacur paskëshim cacur paskëshit cacur paskëshin cacur
imperative present — cac — — cacni —
1) indicative future identical with conditional present 2) indicative future perfect identical with conditional perfect

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “cac”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe ‎, 1980

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin cacō. Compare Romanian căca, cac.

Verb

cac first-singular present indicative (past participle cãcatã or cãcate)

  1. (vulgar, reflexive) to shit

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish and Old Irish cacc (“dung, excrement”), from Proto-Celtic *kakkā.

Noun

cac m (genitive singular caca, nominative plural cacanna)

  1. faeces, excrement
  2. (vulgar, offensive) shit
  3. (mining) raw ore
  4. verbal noun of cac
Declension
Declension of cac (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cac cacanna
vocative a chac a chacanna
genitive caca cacanna
dative cac cacanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cac na cacanna
genitive an chaca na gcacanna
dative leis an gcac
don chac 		leis na cacanna
Derived terms

Interjection

cac!

  1. (vulgar) shit!, crap!

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish caccaid (“to excrete”, verb), from cacc (“dung, excrement”).

Verb

cac (present analytic cacann, future analytic cacfaidh, verbal noun cac, past participle cactha)

  1. to excrete, defecate
  2. (vulgar) to shit
Conjugation
conjugation of cac (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun cac
past participle cactha
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present cacaim cacann tú;
cacair† 		cacann sé, sí cacaimid cacann sibh cacann siad;
cacaid† 		a chacann; a chacas /
a gcacann* 		cactar
past chac mé; chacas chac tú; chacais chac sé, sí chacamar; chac muid chac sibh; chacabhair chac siad; chacadar a chac /
ar chac* 		cacadh
past habitual chacainn / gcacainn‡‡ chactá / gcactᇇ chacadh sé, sí / gcacadh sé, s퇇 chacaimis; chacadh muid / gcacaimis‡‡; gcacadh muid‡‡ chacadh sibh / gcacadh sibh‡‡ chacaidís; chacadh siad / gcacaidís‡‡; gcacadh siad‡‡ a chacadh /
a gcacadh* 		chactaí / gcacta퇇
future cacfaidh mé;
cacfad 		cacfaidh tú;
cacfair† 		cacfaidh sé, sí cacfaimid;
cacfaidh muid 		cacfaidh sibh cacfaidh siad;
cacfaid† 		a chacfaidh; a chacfas /
a gcacfaidh* 		cacfar
conditional chacfainn / gcacfainn‡‡ chacfá / gcacfᇇ chacfadh sé, sí / gcacfadh sé, s퇇 chacfaimis; chacfadh muid / gcacfaimis‡‡; gcacfadh muid‡‡ chacfadh sibh / gcacfadh sibh‡‡ chacfaidís; chacfadh siad / gcacfaidís‡‡; gcacfadh siad‡‡ a chacfadh /
a gcacfadh* 		chacfaí / gcacfa퇇
subjunctive
present go gcaca mé;
go gcacad† 		go gcaca tú;
go gcacair† 		go gcaca sé, sí go gcacaimid;
go gcaca muid 		go gcaca sibh go gcaca siad;
go gcacaid† 		— go gcactar
past dá gcacainn dá gcactá dá gcacadh sé, sí dá gcacaimis;
dá gcacadh muid 		dá gcacadh sibh dá gcacaidís;
dá gcacadh siad 		— dá gcactaí
imperative
– cacaim cac cacadh sé, sí cacaimis cacaigí;
cacaidh† 		cacaidís — cactar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Mutated forms of cac
radical lenition eclipsis
cac chac gcac

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

References

  1. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann , →ISBN, section 232, page 110
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch , Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 146
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 411, page 135
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cacc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  5. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caccaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

K'iche'

Etymology

Likely cognate to Yucatec Maya k’áak’

Noun

cac

  1. (Classical K'iche') fire

Old English

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps derived from *cacian (“to defecate”), from Latin cacō (“I shit”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cac m (nominative plural cacas)

  1. dung, excrement

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative cac cacas
accusative cac cacas
genitive caces caca
dative cace cacum

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “cack”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

Old Irish

Noun

cac (gender unknown)

  1. alternative spelling of cacc

Mutation

Mutation of cac
radical lenition nasalization
cac chac cac
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

Romanian

Verb

cac

  1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of căca

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish and Old Irish cacc (“dung, excrement”), from Proto-Celtic *kakkā.

Noun

cac m (genitive singular caca, no plural)

  1. excrement
  2. (vulgar) shit
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish caccaid (“excretes”, verb), from cacc (“dung, excrement”). See Etymology 1 above.

Verb

cac (past chac, future cacaidh, verbal noun cac or cacadh, past participle cacte)

  1. (slang) to excrete, defecate
  2. (slang, vulgar) to shit

Mutation

Mutation of cac
radical lenition
cac chac

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

References

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