bách

See also: bach, Bach, bạch, and bac̱h

Irish

Alternative forms

  • bádhach, bághach, báidheach

Etymology

From Middle Irish bágach. By surface analysis, bá +‎ -ach.

Adjective

bách (genitive singular masculine bách, genitive singular feminine báiche, plural bácha, comparative báiche)

  1. affectionate
    Is bách (iad) lucht aon cheirde.
    Birds of a feather flock together.
    (literally, “People of the same craft are affectionate.”)

Declension

Declension of bách
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative bách bhách bácha;
bhácha2
vocative bháich bácha
genitive báiche bácha bách
dative bách;
bhách1 		bhách;
bháich (archaic) 		bácha;
bhácha2
Comparative níos báiche
Superlative is báiche

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of bách
radical lenition eclipsis
bách bhách mbách

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

Further reading

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓajk̟̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓat̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓat̚˦˥]
  • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 柏.

Noun

(classifier cây) bách

  1. cypress, cypress tree

Etymology 2

This character also has the reading bá (as in bá quan and bá tánh).

Romanization

bách

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 百
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Romanization

bách

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 迫
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Sino-Vietnamese word from 舶.

Noun

bách

  1. (obsolete) small boat
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