bac

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bac"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Baduy with c as a placeholder.

Symbol

bac

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Baduy.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Baduy terms

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bac.

Noun

bac (plural bacs)

  1. A broad, flat-bottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope.
  2. A vat or cistern.

Etymology 2

Noun

bac (plural bacs)

  1. Clipping of baccalaureate.
Derived terms

Anagrams

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

  1. Borrowed from South Slavic *bat'a rather than cognate with it.[1]
  2. From Proto-Albanian *batja. According to Orel bac/bacë could be related to Proto-Slavic *bat'a (“elder brother, uncle”) and Proto-Slavic *batja (“id”). Source of Romanian baci (“chief shepherd, cheese-maker”) and Megleno-Romanian/Aromanian batš (“id”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bat͡s]

Noun

bac m (plural bacë, definite baca, definite plural bacët)

  1. elder brother
  2. uncle

References

  1. ^ Hyllested first1=Adam; Joseph, Brian (2022), “13-Albanian”, in Thomas Olander, editor, The Indo-European language family
  2. ^ Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “Alb. bac m Pl. baca ('elder brother, uncle')”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 13

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

bac m (plural bacs)

  1. alternative form of obac (“shady spot”)

Etymology 2

Cognate with French bac.

Noun

bac m (plural bacs)

  1. vat
  2. ferry

Further reading

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbat͡s]

Verb

bac

  1. second-person singular imperative of bacit

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French bac, from Old French bas, bac- (“flat boat”), of obscure origin. Possibly from Vulgar Latin *baccu (“container”), from Latin bacar (“kind of wine glass”). Or, possibly borrowed from Celtic or Germanic, from Proto-Germanic *baką (“back, rear”).

Noun

bac m (plural bacs)

  1. ferry
  2. vat
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Catalan: bac
  • → Dutch: bak
    • Afrikaans: bak
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: baksi
    • Negerhollands: bak
      • → Virgin Islands Creole: bak, baks (archaic)
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: báki
    • → Caribbean Javanese: bak, bag
    • → Indonesian: bak, baki
    • → Javanese: ꦧꦏ꧀ (bak)
    • → Papiamentu: baki (from the diminutive)
    • → Sranan Tongo: baki
      • → Caribbean Javanese: baki
  • → English: bac

Etymology 2

Clipping of baccalauréat.

Noun

bac m (plural bacs)

  1. (informal) high school exit exam in France; A level, matura

Further reading

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bacc (“angle, bend, corner”), from Proto-Celtic *bakkos (“hook”).

The verb is from Old Irish baccaid (“hinders, prevents, impairs; lames”), from the noun.

Pronunciation

Noun

bac m (genitive singular baic, nominative plural baic)

  1. barrier, block, balk, hindrance
  2. bottleneck, trap
  3. blocking, obstruction
  4. constraint, handicap, impediment, encumbrance
  5. stop
  6. mattock
  7. bend (in river, etc.)
  8. (door-)step
  9. (law) stay (of proceedings)

Declension

Declension of bac (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bac baic
vocative a bhaic a bhaca
genitive baic bac
dative bac baic
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bac na baic
genitive an bhaic na mbac
dative leis an mbac
don bhac 		leis na baic

Derived terms

  • aerbhac m (“airlock”)
  • bac poitéinsiúil m (“potential barrier”)
  • bacainn (“barrier”)

Descendants

Verb

bac (present analytic bacann, future analytic bacfaidh, verbal noun bacadh, past participle bactha) (ambitransitive)

  1. to obstruct, block
  2. (intransitive) to interfere [with le ‘with’]

Conjugation

Conjugation of bac (first conjugation – A)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present bacaim bacann tú;
bacair† 		bacann sé, sí bacaimid; bacann muid bacann sibh bacann siad;
bacaid† 		a bhacann; a bhacas bactar
past bhac mé; bhacas bhac tú; bhacais bhac sé, sí bhacamar; bhac muid bhac sibh; bhacabhair bhac siad; bhacadar a bhac bacadh
past habitual bhacainn /
bacainn‡ 		bhactá /
bactᇠ		bhacadh sé, sí /
bacadh sé, sí‡ 		bhacaimis; bhacadh muid /
bacaimis‡; bacadh muid‡ 		bhacadh sibh /
bacadh sibh‡ 		bhacaidís; bhacadh siad /
bacaidís‡; bacadh siad‡ 		a bhacadh bhactaí /
bactaí‡
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future bacfaidh mé;
bacfad 		bacfaidh tú;
bacfair† 		bacfaidh sé, sí bacfaimid;
bacfaidh muid 		bacfaidh sibh bacfaidh siad;
bacfaid† 		a bhacfaidh; a bhacfas bacfar
conditional bhacfainn /
bacfainn‡ 		bhacfá /
bacfᇠ		bhacfadh sé, sí /
bacfadh sé, sí‡ 		bhacfaimis; bhacfadh muid /
bacfaimis‡; bacfadh muid‡ 		bhacfadh sibh /
bacfadh sibh‡ 		bhacfaidís; bhacfadh siad /
bacfaidís‡; bacfadh siad‡ 		a bhacfadh bhacfaí /
bacfaí‡
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present go mbaca mé;
go mbacad† 		go mbaca tú;
go mbacair† 		go mbaca sé, sí go mbacaimid;
go mbaca muid 		go mbaca sibh go mbaca siad;
go mbacaid† 		— go mbactar
past dá mbacainn dá mbactá dá mbacadh sé, sí dá mbacaimis;
dá mbacadh muid 		dá mbacadh sibh dá mbacaidís;
dá mbacadh siad 		— dá mbactaí
imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
— bacaim bac bacadh sé, sí bacaimis bacaigí;
bacaidh† 		bacaidís — bactar
past participle bactha
verbal noun bacadh

† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form

Descendants

Mutation

Mutated forms of bac
radical lenition eclipsis
bac bhac mbac

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

References

Middle English

Noun

bac

  1. alternative form of bak (“back”)

Romanian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbak/
  • Rhymes: -ak

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bac.

Noun

bac n (plural bacuri)

  1. river ferry
Declension
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative bac bacul bacuri bacurile
genitive-dative bac bacului bacuri bacurilor
vocative bacule bacurilor

Etymology 2

Noun

bac n (plural bacuri)

  1. clipping of bacalaureat (“baccalaureate”)
Declension
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative bac bacul bacuri bacurile
genitive-dative bac bacului bacuri bacurilor
vocative bacule bacurilor
Alternative forms
  • BAC — misconstruction as acronym

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish baccaid (“hinders, prevents, impairs; lames”), from bacc (“angle, bend, corner”), from Proto-Celtic *bakkos (“hook”).

Noun

bac m (genitive singular baca or baic, plural bacan)

  1. delay, obstacle, hindrance
  2. peat bank
  3. sandbank

Verb

bac (past bhac, future bacaidh, verbal noun bacadh, past participle bacte)

  1. to prevent, hinder, obstruct, restrain

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of bac
radical lenition
bac bhac

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

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bak/

Noun

bac

  1. soft mutation of pac

Mutation

Mutated forms of pac
radical soft nasal aspirate
pac bac mhac phac

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

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