baccach

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• bacach

Etymology

From bacc (“hindrance”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.kəx/
  • (Blasse) [ˈba.kax]
  • (Griffith) [ˈba.kəx]

Adjective

baccach

1. lame
2. (nominalized) lame person

Declension

o/ā-stem

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	baccach	baccach	baccach
vocative	baccaig* baccach**
accusative	baccach	baccaig
genitive	baccaig	baccaige	baccaig
dative	baccach	baccaig	baccach
plural	masculine	feminine/neuter
nominative	baccaig	baccacha
vocative	baccuchu baccacha†
accusative	baccuchu baccacha†
genitive	baccach
dative	baccachaib

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Derived terms

• baccaige
  • Irish: bacaí
  • Scottish Gaelic: bacaiche

Descendants

• Middle Irish: bacach
  • Irish: bacach
  • Manx: baccagh
  • Scottish Gaelic: bacach
• ⇒ Middle Irish: bacaigid
  • Irish: bacaigh
  • Scottish Gaelic: bacaich

Mutation

Mutation of baccach

radical	lenition	nasalization
baccach	baccach pronounced with /β-/	mbaccach

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “baccach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language