бачи

• IPA^(key): [ˈbat͡ʃi]
• Rhymes: -at͡ʃi
• Hyphenation: ба‧чи

Inherited from Old Slovak báči, bačik, from Hungarian bácsi and bácsika. Cognate with Carpathian Rusyn ба́чі (báči).

• бачик (bačik) — obsolete in the nominative

бачи (bači) m pers

1. uncle (brother of one's parent)

   Synonym: (less common) дїдо (djido)

   Hyponyms: стрико (striko, “father's brother”), уйко (ujko, “mother's brother”)

   Coordinate terms: андя (andja), шовґор (šovgor)

2. old man

   Synonyms: дїдо (djido), старик (starik)

3. brother-in-law (brother of one's wife)

   Coordinate terms: андя (andja), шовґор (šovgor)

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “бачи”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “uncle”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 348

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

бачи (bači)

1. third-person singular present indicative of бачиц (bačic)