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bacaí

bacaí

See also: bacai

Irish

Alternative forms

bacaighe (obsolete)

Noun

bacaí f ‎(genitive singular bacaí)

lameness

Declension

Declension of bacaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	bacaí
Vocative	a bhacaí
Genitive	bacaí
Dative	bacaí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an bhacaí
Genitive	na bacaí
Dative	leis an mbacaí don bhacaí

Etymology 2

Adjective

bacaí

genitive singular feminine of bacach
comparative degree of bacach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bacaí	bhacaí	mbacaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"bacaí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“baccaige” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.