bacachas
Irish
Alternative forms
- bacadas
Etymology
From bacach (“lame person; beggar”) + -as.
Noun
bacachas m (genitive singular bacachais)
- (act of) begging, sponging
Declension
Declension of bacachas
First declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bacachas | bhacachas | mbacachas |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bacachas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “bacachas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.