cac

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cac"

Translingual

Symbol

cac

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

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Chuj terms

Albanian

Etymology

Version of eci (to walk, step, go). Used by adults when speaking to toddlers while teaching them how to walk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sat͡s/

Verb

cac (aorist caca, participle cacur)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) to walk slowly
  2. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) to learn (how) to walk
    Synonym: përkëmb

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • cac”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin cacō. Compare Romanian căca, cac.

Verb

cac (participle cãcatã or cãcate)

  1. (vulgar, reflexive) to shit

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    From Middle Irish and Old Irish cacc (dung, excrement),[4] from Proto-Celtic *kakkā.

    Noun

    cac m (genitive singular caca, nominative plural cacanna)

    1. faeces, excrement
    2. (vulgar, offensive) shit
    3. (mining) raw ore
    4. verbal noun of cac
    Declension
    Declension of cac (third declension)
    bare forms
    singular plural
    nominative cac cacanna
    vocative a chac a chacanna
    genitive caca cacanna
    dative cac cacanna
    forms with the definite article
    singular plural
    nominative an cac na cacanna
    genitive an chaca na gcacanna
    dative leis an gcac
    don chac
    leis na cacanna
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • Yola: hock

    Interjection

    cac!

    1. (vulgar) shit!, crap!

    Etymology 2

      From Middle Irish caccaid (to excrete, verb), from cacc (dung, excrement).[5]

      Verb

      cac (present analytic cacann, future analytic cacfaidh, verbal noun cac, past participle cactha)

      1. to excrete, defecate
      2. (vulgar) to shit
      Conjugation
      Conjugation of cac (first conjugation – A)
      indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
      first second third first second third
      present cacaim cacann tú;
      cacair
      cacann sé, sí cacaimid; cacann muid cacann sibh cacann siad;
      cacaid
      a chacann; a chacas cactar
      past chac mé; chacas chac tú; chacais chac sé, sí chacamar; chac muid chac sibh; chacabhair chac siad; chacadar a chac cacadh
      past habitual chacainn /
      cacainn
      chactá /
      cactá
      chacadh sé, sí /
      cacadh sé, sí
      chacaimis; chacadh muid /
      cacaimis; cacadh muid
      chacadh sibh /
      cacadh sibh
      chacaidís; chacadh siad /
      cacaidís; cacadh siad
      a chacadh chactaí /
      cactaí
      singular plural direct relative autonomous
      first second third first second third
      future cacfaidh mé;
      cacfad
      cacfaidh tú;
      cacfair
      cacfaidh sé, sí cacfaimid;
      cacfaidh muid
      cacfaidh sibh cacfaidh siad;
      cacfaid
      a chacfaidh; a chacfas cacfar
      conditional chacfainn /
      cacfainn
      chacfá /
      cacfá
      chacfadh sé, sí /
      cacfadh sé, sí
      chacfaimis; chacfadh muid /
      cacfaimis; cacfadh muid
      chacfadh sibh /
      cacfadh sibh
      chacfaidís; chacfadh siad /
      cacfaidís; cacfadh siad
      a chacfadh chacfaí /
      cacfaí
      subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
      first second third first second third
      present go gcaca mé;
      go gcacad
      go gcaca tú;
      go gcacair
      go gcaca sé, sí go gcacaimid;
      go gcaca muid
      go gcaca sibh go gcaca siad;
      go gcacaid
      go gcactar
      past gcacainn gcactá gcacadh sé, sí gcacaimis;
      gcacadh muid
      gcacadh sibh gcacaidís;
      gcacadh siad
      gcactaí
      imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
      first second third first second third
      cacaim cac cacadh sé, sí cacaimis cacaigí;
      cacaidh
      cacaidís cactar
      past participle cactha
      verbal noun cac

      archaic or dialect form
      dependent form

      Mutation

      Mutated forms of cac
      radical lenition eclipsis
      cac chac gcac

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

      References

      1. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000), Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 232, page 110
      2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 146
      3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 411, page 135
      4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cacc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
      5. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caccaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

      Further reading

      K'iche'

      Etymology

      Likely cognate to Yucatec Maya k’áak’

      Noun

      cac

      1. (Classical K'iche') fire

      Old English

      Etymology

      Of uncertain origin. Perhaps derived from *cacian (to defecate), from Latin cacō (I shit).[1]

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /kɑk/

      Noun

      cac m (nominative plural cacas)

      1. dung, excrement

      Declension

      Strong a-stem:

      Derived terms

      • *cacian

      Descendants

      References

      1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “cack”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

      Further reading

      Old Irish

      Noun

      cac (gender unknown)

      1. alternative spelling of cacc

      Mutation

      Mutation of cac
      radical lenition nasalization
      cac chac cac
      pronounced with /ɡ-/

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

      Romanian

      Verb

      cac

      1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of căca

      Scottish Gaelic

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /kʰaxk/

      Etymology 1

      From Middle Irish and Old Irish cacc (dung, excrement), from Proto-Celtic *kakkā.

      Noun

      cac m (genitive singular caca, no plural)

      1. excrement
      2. (vulgar) shit
      Derived terms

      Etymology 2

      From Middle Irish caccaid (excretes, verb), from cacc (dung, excrement). See Etymology 1 above.

      Verb

      cac (past chac, future cacaidh, verbal noun cac or cacadh, past participle cacte)

      1. (slang) to excrete, defecate
      2. (slang, vulgar) to shit

      Mutation

      Mutation of cac
      radical lenition
      cac chac

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

      References