bacan

See also: bacán, bacàn, băcan, and Băcan

Ligurian

Etymology

From Turkish bakan (“minister”).

Noun

bacan m (plural bachen)

1. dean
2. master, owner

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bakan, from Proto-Germanic *bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑ.kɑn/

Verb

bacan

1. to bake

   Sē bæcere bæcþ ǣlċe morgne þrītiġ berenra hlāfa.

   The baker bakes thirty loaves of barley bread every morning.

Conjugation

Conjugation of bacan (strong class 6)

infinitive	bacan	bacenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	bace	bōc
second person singular	bæcst	bōce
third person singular	bæcþ	bōc
plural	bacaþ	bōcon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	bace	bōce
plural	bacen	bōcen
imperative
singular	bac
plural	bacaþ
participle	present	past
	bacende	(ġe)bæcen, (ġe)bacen

Derived terms

• bæcere
• bæcestre
• bæcering
• bæcern
• bæchūs
• ealdbacen
• ġebæc
• nībacen

Descendants

• Middle English: baken, bakyn, bake, bakenn
  • English: bake
  • Scots: bake
  • Yola: baake
  • → Irish: bácáil

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

bacan m pl

1. plural of bac

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

bacan (Cyrillic spelling бацан)

1. masculine singular passive past participle of bacati

Turkish

Noun

bacan

1. second-person singular possessive of baca