bácús

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English bakhous, from Old English bæchūs (“bakery, bakehouse”), from Proto-West Germanic *bakahūs (“bakehouse”).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠɑːˈkuːsˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɑːkuːsˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠaːkusˠ/

Noun

bácús m (genitive singular bácúis, nominative plural bácúis)

bakehouse
pot-oven

Declension

Declension of bácús

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bácús	bácúis
Vocative	a bhácúis	a bhácúsa
Genitive	bácúis	bácús
Dative	bácús	bácúis

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an bácús	na bácúis
Genitive	an bhácúis	na mbácús
Dative	leis an mbácús don bhácús	leis na bácúis

Descendants

→ Yola: baakooze

Further reading

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

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