bacáil

See also: bácáil

Irish

Etymology

From bac +‎ -áil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠakælʲ/

Noun

bacáil f (genitive singular bacála)

1. Ulster form of bacadh: verbal noun of bac (“hinder”)

Declension

Declension of bacáil (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative bacáil vocative a bhacáil genitive bacála dative bacáil forms with the definite article case singular nominative an bhacáil genitive na bacála dative leis an mbacáil don bhacáil

Mutation

Mutated forms of bacáil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bacáil	bhacáil	mbacáil

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

Further reading

• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 33