bachall

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish, from Latin baculum.

Noun

bachall f, m (genitive singular bachaille, nominative plural bachalla)

  1. crook (shepherd's staff)
    Synonyms: caimín, camóg, crúca
  2. (Christianity) crozier
  3. ringlet (of hair)
    Synonyms: búcla, caschiabh, drol, fáinne, fáinneog, iodh, lúibín
  4. (of spade) tramp
  5. hooked nose

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bachall bhachall mbachall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • "bachall" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “bachall” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “bachall” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “bachall” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin baculum.

Noun

bachall f

  1. staff
    Synonyms: crann, maide, slat, stáinse, trostán
  2. shepherd's crook
    Synonyms: cammán, cammóc, stáinse
  3. (Christianity) crosier
  4. (Christianity, figuratively) holy orders, ordination, calling, pilgrimage
  5. hurley-stick
    Synonym: cammán
  6. (late) curl, tress
    Synonyms: corn, fáinne, gibne, id

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Derived terms

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
bachall bachall
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/		 mbachall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • “bachall” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • bachull

Etymology

From Old Irish, from Latin baculum.

Noun

bachall m (genitive singular bachaill)

  1. shepherd's crook
  2. staff
  3. (Christianity) crozier
  4. old shoe or slipper
  5. rim of a cart
  6. tennis-racket
  7. dolt

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
bachallbhachall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “bachall” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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