bac – Irish noun declension

Irish noun forms of bac

Noun: bac

Gender: Masc

Forms without Article

Singular Nominativebac
Singular Genitivebaic
Plural Nominativebaic
Plural Genitivebac

Forms with Article

Singular Nominativean bac
Singular Genitivean bhaic
Plural Nominativena baic
Plural Genitivena mbac

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like bac

aershloc, bac, bloc, boc, broc, bunchnoc, cnoc, comhrac, diúc, grianbhac, iseapac, poc, roc, ruaphoc, sac, seabhac, seac, soc, stoc, tarrac, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

1. From Old Irish bacc (“angle, bend, corner”), from Proto-Celtic *bakkos (“hook”).
2. The verb is from Old Irish baccaid (“hinders, prevents, impairs; lames”), from the noun.

Verbs referencing "bac"

English Nouns peg.

Translations

  • clog, to block or slow passage through