bac

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bac"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Baduy with c as a placeholder.

Symbol

bac

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Baduy terms

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bac.

Noun

bac (plural bacs)

1. A broad, flat-bottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope.
2. A vat or cistern.

Etymology 2

Noun

bac (plural bacs)

1. Clipping of baccalaureate.

Derived terms

• post-bac

Anagrams

• B. C. A., B.C.A., cab, Cab, CBA, A.B.C., ABC, cba, A. B. C., BCA, CAB

Albanian

Alternative forms

• bacë

Etymology

1. Borrowed from South Slavic *bat'a rather than cognate with it.
2. From Proto-Albanian *batja. According to Orel bac/bacë could be related to Proto-Slavic *bat'a (“elder brother, uncle”) and Proto-Slavic *batja (“id”). Source of Romanian baci (“chief shepherd, cheese-maker”) and Megleno-Romanian/Aromanian batš (“id”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bat͡s]

Noun

bac m (plural bacë, definite baca, definite plural bacët)

1. elder brother
2. uncle

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbak]

Etymology 1

Noun

bac m (plural bacs)

1. alternative form of obac (“shady spot”)

Etymology 2

Cognate with French bac.

Noun

bac m (plural bacs)

1. vat
2. ferry

Further reading

• “bac”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbat͡s]

Verb

bac

1. second-person singular imperative of bacit

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bak/

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• Homophone: BAC

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French bac, from Old French bas, bac- (“flat boat”), of obscure origin. Possibly from Vulgar Latin *baccu (“container”), from Latin bacar (“kind of wine glass”). Or, possibly borrowed from Celtic or Germanic, from Proto-Germanic *baką (“back, rear”).

Noun

bac m (plural bacs)

1. ferry
2. vat

Derived terms

• bac à chat (“litter box”)
• bac à sable (“sandbox”)
• jeu bac à sable (“sandbox game”)

Descendants

• → Catalan: bac
• → Dutch: bak
  • Afrikaans: bak
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: baksi
  • Negerhollands: bak
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: bak, baks (archaic)
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: báki
  • → Caribbean Javanese: bak, bag
  • → Indonesian: bak, baki
    • → Javanese: ꦧꦏꦶ (baki)
    • → Ternate: baki
  • → Javanese: ꦧꦏ꧀ (bak)
  • → Papiamentu: baki (from the diminutive)
  • → Sranan Tongo: baki
    • → Caribbean Javanese: baki
• → English: bac

Etymology 2

Clipping of baccalauréat.

Noun

bac m (plural bacs)

1. (informal) high school exit exam in France; A level, matura

Related terms

• bachelier

Further reading

• “bac”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• abc

Ghomara

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic باش (bāš).

Pronunciation

• (Iɛraben) IPA^(key): [bɛʃ]

Conjunction

bac

1. in order to, in order that, so that: followed by a + aorist, or imperfect for Arabic-morphology verbs

   Synonym: semmen

   Ccweck leḥcam nnek bac a gg-aɣ leɛca.

   Get your kids out of the way so that I can make supper.

References

• Mourigh, Khalid (2015) A Grammar of Ghomara Berber (Thesis)‎^[1], Leiden

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bacc (“angle, bend, corner”), from Proto-Celtic *bakkos (“hook”).

The verb is from Old Irish baccaid (“hinders, prevents, impairs; lames”), from the noun.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /bˠɑk/
• (Cois Fharraige, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠak/

Noun

bac m (genitive singular baic, nominative plural baic)

1. barrier, block, balk, hindrance
2. bottleneck, trap
3. blocking, obstruction
4. constraint, handicap, impediment, encumbrance
5. stop
6. mattock
7. bend (in river, etc.)
8. (door-)step
9. (law) stay (of proceedings)

Declension

Declension of bac (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative bac baic vocative a bhaic a bhaca genitive baic bac dative bac baic forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an bac na baic genitive an bhaic na mbac dative leis an mbac don bhac leis na baic

Derived terms

• aerbhac m (“airlock”)
• bac poitéinsiúil m (“potential barrier”)
• bacainn (“barrier”)

Descendants

• →⇒ English: bocky

Verb

bac (present analytic bacann, future analytic bacfaidh, verbal noun bacadh, past participle bactha) (ambitransitive)

1. to obstruct, block
2. (intransitive) to interfere [with le ‘with’]

Conjugation

Conjugation of bac (first conjugation – A)

indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	bacaim	bacann tú; bacair†	bacann sé, sí	bacaimid; bacann muid	bacann sibh	bacann siad; bacaid†	a bhacann; a bhacas	bactar
past	bhac mé; bhacas	bhac tú; bhacais	bhac sé, sí	bhacamar; bhac muid	bhac sibh; bhacabhair	bhac siad; bhacadar	a bhac	bacadh
past habitual	bhacainn / bacainn‡	bhactá / bactá‡	bhacadh sé, sí / bacadh sé, sí‡	bhacaimis; bhacadh muid / bacaimis‡; bacadh muid‡	bhacadh sibh / bacadh sibh‡	bhacaidís; bhacadh siad / bacaidís‡; bacadh siad‡	a bhacadh	bhactaí / bactaí‡
	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	bacfaidh mé; bacfad	bacfaidh tú; bacfair†	bacfaidh sé, sí	bacfaimid; bacfaidh muid	bacfaidh sibh	bacfaidh siad; bacfaid†	a bhacfaidh; a bhacfas	bacfar
conditional	bhacfainn / bacfainn‡	bhacfá / bacfá‡	bhacfadh sé, sí / bacfadh sé, sí‡	bhacfaimis; bhacfadh muid / bacfaimis‡; bacfadh muid‡	bhacfadh sibh / bacfadh sibh‡	bhacfaidís; bhacfadh siad / bacfaidís‡; bacfadh siad‡	a bhacfadh	bhacfaí / bacfaí‡
subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	go mbaca mé; go mbacad†	go mbaca tú; go mbacair†	go mbaca sé, sí	go mbacaimid; go mbaca muid	go mbaca sibh	go mbaca siad; go mbacaid†	—	go mbactar
past	dá mbacainn	dá mbactá	dá mbacadh sé, sí	dá mbacaimis; dá mbacadh muid	dá mbacadh sibh	dá mbacaidís; dá mbacadh siad	—	dá mbactaí
imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
—	bacaim	bac	bacadh sé, sí	bacaimis	bacaigí; bacaidh†	bacaidís	—	bactar
past participle	bactha
verbal noun	bacadh

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

• Alternative verbal noun: bacáil (Ulster)

Descendants

• → English: bock

Mutation

Mutated forms of bac

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bac	bhac	mbac

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bac”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Middle English

Noun

bac

1. alternative form of bak (“back”)

Romanian

Alternative forms

• бак (bac) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbak/
• Rhymes: -ak

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bac.

Noun

bac n (plural bacuri)

1. river ferry

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	bac	bacul	bacuri	bacurile
genitive-dative	bac	bacului	bacuri	bacurilor
vocative	bacule		bacurilor

Etymology 2

Noun

bac n (plural bacuri)

1. clipping of bacalaureat (“baccalaureate”)

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	bac	bacul	bacuri	bacurile
genitive-dative	bac	bacului	bacuri	bacurilor
vocative	bacule		bacurilor

Alternative forms

• BAC — misconstruction as acronym

Further reading

• “bac”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish baccaid (“hinders, prevents, impairs; lames”), from bacc (“angle, bend, corner”), from Proto-Celtic *bakkos (“hook”).

Noun

bac m (genitive singular baca or baic, plural bacan)

1. delay, obstacle, hindrance
2. peat bank
3. sandbank

Verb

bac (past bhac, future bacaidh, verbal noun bacadh, past participle bacte)

1. to prevent, hinder, obstruct, restrain

Derived terms

• bac an tùs

Mutation

Mutation of bac

radical	lenition
bac	bhac

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

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bak/

Noun

bac

1. soft mutation of pac

Mutation

Mutated forms of pac

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pac	bac	mhac	phac

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