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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)
- (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) to walk slowly
- (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) to learn (how) to walk
- Synonym: përkëmb
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- active verb cac (aorist: caca; participle: cacur) • Fjalori Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
Aromanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin cacō. Compare Romanian căca, cac.
Verb
cac first-singular present indicative (past participle cãcatã or cãcate)
- (vulgar, reflexive) to shit
Related terms
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)
- faeces, excrement
- (vulgar, offensive) shit
- (mining) raw ore
- verbal noun of cac
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Interjection
cac
- (vulgar) Shit!, Fuck!
Etymology 2
From Old Irish caccaid (“excretes”, verb), from cacc (“dung, excrement”).
Verb
cac (present analytic cacann, future analytic cacfaidh, verbal noun cac, past participle cactha)
- excrete, defecate
- (vulgar) shit
Conjugation
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| indicative
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present
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cacaim
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cacann tú;
cacair†
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cacann sé, sí
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cacaimid
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cacann sibh
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cacann siad;
cacaid†
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a chacann; a chacas /
a gcacann*; a gcacas*
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cactar
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| past
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chac mé; chacas
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chac tú; chacais
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chac sé, sí
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chacamar; chac muid
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chac sibh; chacabhair
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chac siad; chacadar
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a chac /
ar chac*
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cacadh
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| past habitual
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chacainn / gcacainn‡‡
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chactá / gcactᇇ
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chacadh sé, sí / gcacadh sé, s퇇
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chacaimis; chacadh muid / gcacaimis‡‡; gcacadh muid‡‡
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chacadh sibh / gcacadh sibh‡‡
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chacaidís; chacadh siad / gcacaidís‡‡; gcacadh siad‡‡
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a chacadh /
a gcacadh*
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chactaí / gcacta퇇
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| future
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cacfaidh mé;
cacfad
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cacfaidh tú;
cacfair†
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cacfaidh sé, sí
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cacfaimid;
cacfaidh muid
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cacfaidh sibh
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cacfaidh siad;
cacfaid†
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a chacfaidh; a chacfas /
a gcacfaidh*; a gcacfas*
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cacfar
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| conditional
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chacfainn / gcacfainn‡‡
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chacfá / gcacfᇇ
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chacfadh sé, sí / gcacfadh sé, s퇇
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chacfaimis; chacfadh muid / gcacfaimis‡‡; gcacfadh muid‡‡
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chacfadh sibh / gcacfadh sibh‡‡
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chacfaidís; chacfadh siad / gcacfaidís‡‡; gcacfadh siad‡‡
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a chacfadh /
a gcacfadh*
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chacfaí / gcacfa퇇
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| subjunctive
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present
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go gcaca mé;
go gcacad†
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go gcaca tú;
go gcacair†
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go gcaca sé, sí
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go gcacaimid;
go gcaca muid
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go gcaca sibh
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go gcaca siad;
go gcacaid†
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—
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go gcactar
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| past
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dá gcacainn
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dá gcactá
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dá gcacadh sé, sí
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dá gcacaimis;
dá gcacadh muid
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dá gcacadh sibh
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dá gcacaidís;
dá gcacadh siad
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—
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dá gcactaí
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| imperative
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cacaim
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cac
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cacadh sé, sí
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cacaimis
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cacaigí;
cacaidh†
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cacaidís
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—
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cactar
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| verbal noun
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cac
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| past participle
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cactha
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| cac
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chac
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gcac
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cac”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cacc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “caccaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
K'iche'
Etymology
Likely cognate to Yucatec Maya k’áak’
Noun
cac
- (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)
- dung, excrement
Declension
Declension of cac (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
Related terms
References
Romanian
Verb
cac
- 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)
- excrement
- (vulgar) shit
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old 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)
- (slang) excrete, defecate
- (slang, vulgar) shit
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| cac |
chac
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “cac”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cacc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “caccaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language