bacaí

See also: bacai

Irish

Alternative forms

• bacaighe (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠəˈkiː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠakiː/
• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠaki/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish baccaige (“lameness”), from baccach.

Noun

bacaí f (genitive singular bacaí)

1. lameness

Declension

Declension of bacaí (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative bacaí vocative a bhacaí genitive bacaí dative bacaí forms with the definite article case singular nominative an bhacaí genitive na bacaí dative leis an mbacaí don bhacaí

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

bacaí

1. inflection of bacach:
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of bacaí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bacaí	bhacaí	mbacaí

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bacaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bacaí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bacaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “baccaige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language