bacaí

See also: bacai

Irish

Alternative forms

  • bacaighe (obsolete)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

bacaí f (genitive singular bacaí)

  1. lameness
Declension

Etymology 2

Adjective

bacaí

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bacaí bhacaí mbacaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "bacaí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “baccaige” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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