Bascais

Irish

Etymology

From French basque (“Basque”) + -is.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠasˠkəʃ/

Proper noun

Bascais f (genitive Bascaise)

1. the Basque language

Declension

Declension of Bascais (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Bascais vocative a Bhascais genitive Bascaise dative Bascais forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Bhascais genitive na Bascaise dative leis an mBascais don Bhascais

Related terms

• Bascach (“Basque”, adjective)
• Bascach m (“Basque”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Bascais

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Bascais	Bhascais	mBascais

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Bascais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Bascais”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Bascais”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025