bacstaí

Irish

Etymology

Possibly from arán bocht-tí (literally “bread of the poor-house”), or alternatively from bácús (“bakehouse, bakery”)

Noun

bacstaí m (genitive singular bacstaí)

1. boxty (potato pancake)

   Synonyms: cáca bacstaí, císte steaimpí, steaimpí

Declension

Declension of bacstaí (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative bacstaí vocative a bhacstaí genitive bacstaí dative bacstaí forms with the definite article case singular nominative an bacstaí genitive an bhacstaí dative leis an mbacstaí don bhacstaí

Descendants

• → English: boxty

Mutation

Mutated forms of bacstaí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bacstaí	bhacstaí	mbacstaí

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) “bacstaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “boxty”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024