bachall

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bachall, from Latin baculum.

Pronunciation

Noun

bachall f or m (genitive singular bachaille, nominative plural bachalla)

  1. crook (shepherd's staff)
    Synonyms: caimín, camóg, crúca
  2. (Christianity) crosier
  3. ringlet (of hair)
    Synonyms: búcla, caschiabh, drol, fáinne, fáinneog, iodh, lúibín
  4. tramp (of spade)
  5. hooked nose

Declension
Declension of bachall

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bachall bachalla
Vocative a bhachall a bhachalla
Genitive bachaille bachall
Dative bachall bachalla

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bhachall na bachalla
Genitive na bachaille na mbachall
Dative leis an mbachall

don bhachall

 leis na bachalla

Derived terms
  • go barra bachall (“in abundance”)
  • bachallach (“crooked, hooked; curled, ringleted; circinate”, adjective)
  • bachaillín m (diminutive)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bachall bhachall mbachall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin baculum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbaxal͈]

Noun

bachall f (genitive bachlae, nominative plural bachla)

  1. staff
    Synonyms: crann, maide, slat, stáinse, trostán
  2. shepherd's crook
    Synonyms: cammán, cammóc, stáinse
  3. (Christianity) crosier
  4. (Christianity, figuratively) holy orders, ordination, calling, pilgrimage
  5. hurley-stick
    Synonym: cammán
  6. (late) curl, tress
    Synonyms: corn, fáinne, gibne, id

Inflection
Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative bachallL bachaillL bachlaH
Vocative bachallL bachaillL bachlaH
Accusative bachaillN bachaillL bachlaH
Genitive bachlaeH bachallL bachallN
Dative bachaillL bachlaib bachlaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Irish: bachall
  • Scottish Gaelic: bachall

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
bachall bachall
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/		 mbachall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms
  • bachull

Etymology

From Old Irish bachall, from Latin baculum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpaxəl̪ˠ/

Noun

bachall m (genitive singular bachaill)

  1. shepherd's crook
  2. staff
  3. (Christianity) crosier
  4. old shoe or slipper
  5. rim of a cart
  6. tennis-racket
  7. dolt

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
bachallbhachall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “bachall”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bachall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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