basc

See also: BASc, B.A.Sc., and B. A. Sc.

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vascō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbask]
  • Audio (Catalonia):(file)
  • Audio (Valencia):(file)

Adjective

basc (feminine basca, masculine plural bascs or bascos, feminine plural basques)

  1. Basque

Derived terms

Noun

basc m (plural bascs or bascos, feminine basca, feminine plural basques)

  1. Basque (person from the Basque country)

Noun

basc m (uncountable)

  1. Basque (language)

Irish

Etymology

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Verb

basc (present analytic bascann, future analytic bascfaidh, verbal noun bascadh, past participle basctha)

  1. (transitive) bash; crush

Conjugation

Conjugation of basc (first conjugation – A)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present bascaim bascann tú;
bascair† 		bascann sé, sí bascaimid; bascann muid bascann sibh bascann siad;
bascaid† 		a bhascann; a bhascas basctar
past bhasc mé; bhascas bhasc tú; bhascais bhasc sé, sí bhascamar; bhasc muid bhasc sibh; bhascabhair bhasc siad; bhascadar a bhasc bascadh
past habitual bhascainn /
bascainn‡ 		bhasctá /
basctᇠ		bhascadh sé, sí /
bascadh sé, sí‡ 		bhascaimis; bhascadh muid /
bascaimis‡; bascadh muid‡ 		bhascadh sibh /
bascadh sibh‡ 		bhascaidís; bhascadh siad /
bascaidís‡; bascadh siad‡ 		a bhascadh bhasctaí /
basctaí‡
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future bascfaidh mé;
bascfad 		bascfaidh tú;
bascfair† 		bascfaidh sé, sí bascfaimid;
bascfaidh muid 		bascfaidh sibh bascfaidh siad;
bascfaid† 		a bhascfaidh; a bhascfas bascfar
conditional bhascfainn /
bascfainn‡ 		bhascfá /
bascfᇠ		bhascfadh sé, sí /
bascfadh sé, sí‡ 		bhascfaimis; bhascfadh muid /
bascfaimis‡; bascfadh muid‡ 		bhascfadh sibh /
bascfadh sibh‡ 		bhascfaidís; bhascfadh siad /
bascfaidís‡; bascfadh siad‡ 		a bhascfadh bhascfaí /
bascfaí‡
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present go mbasca mé;
go mbascad† 		go mbasca tú;
go mbascair† 		go mbasca sé, sí go mbascaimid;
go mbasca muid 		go mbasca sibh go mbasca siad;
go mbascaid† 		— go mbasctar
past dá mbascainn dá mbasctá dá mbascadh sé, sí dá mbascaimis;
dá mbascadh muid 		dá mbascadh sibh dá mbascaidís;
dá mbascadh siad 		— dá mbasctaí
imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
— bascaim basc bascadh sé, sí bascaimis bascaigí;
bascaidh† 		bascaidís — basctar
past participle basctha
verbal noun bascadh

† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form

Mutation

Mutated forms of basc
radical lenition eclipsis
basc bhasc mbasc

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

Further reading

Middle Irish

Etymology 1

From the root of modern baithis (“top, crown (of head)”, literally “baptism”).

Noun

basc ?

  1. (weather) storm, heavy fall of rain

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *baskis (“bundle, load”).

Cognate to Welsh baich (“load, burden”), Ancient Macedonian βάσκιοι (báskioi, “fasces, bundle”), Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos, “bundle”), Latin fascis (“band, bundle”), Old English bæst (“inner bark of the linden tree”) and Albanian bashkë (“together”).[1]

Noun

basc ?

  1. round necklet or neckband, consisting of beads of precious stone

Mutation

Mutation of basc
radical lenition nasalization
basc basc
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ 		mbasc

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

References

  1. ^ Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.93

Occitan

Etymology

From French Basque.

Pronunciation

Adjective

basc m (feminine singular basca, masculine plural basques, feminine plural bascas)

  1. Basque

Noun

basc m (plural basques, feminine basca, feminine plural bascas)

  1. Basque (person from the Basque country)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French basque.

Adjective

basc m or n (feminine singular bască, masculine plural baști, feminine/neuter plural baște)

  1. Basque

Declension

Declension of basc
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite basc bască baști baște
definite bascul basca baștii baștele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite basc baște baști baște
definite bascului baștei baștilor baștelor

Noun

basc m (plural basci)

  1. Basque

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative basc bascul basci bascii
genitive-dative basc bascului basci bascilor
vocative bascule bascilor
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