"bacach" meaning in Irish

See bacach in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /bˠəˈkɑx/ [Munster], /ˈbˠakəx/ [Connacht], [ˈbˠaːkəx] [Connacht, Cois-Fharraige], /ˈbˠaka(x)/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish baccach (“lame; lame person”). By surface analysis, bac (“hindrance”) + -ach. Etymology templates: {{der|ga|sga|baccach|t=lame; lame person}} Old Irish baccach (“lame; lame person”), {{surf|ga|bac|-ach|pos=adjective|t1=hindrance}} By surface analysis, bac (“hindrance”) + -ach Head templates: {{head|ga|adjective|genitive singular masculine|bacaigh|genitive singular feminine|bacaí||{{{gsf2}}}|plural|bacacha||{{{pl2}}}|comparative|bacaí|||head=}} bacach (genitive singular masculine bacaigh, genitive singular feminine bacaí, plural bacacha, comparative bacaí), {{ga-adj|comp=bacaí|gsf=bacaí|gsm=bacaigh|pl=~a}} bacach (genitive singular masculine bacaigh, genitive singular feminine bacaí, plural bacacha, comparative bacaí) Forms: bacaigh [genitive, masculine, singular], bacaí [feminine, genitive, singular], bacacha [plural], bacaí [comparative], no-table-tags [table-tags], bacach [masculine, nominative, singular], bhacach [feminine, nominative, singular], bacacha [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], bhacacha [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], bhacaigh [masculine, singular, vocative], bhacach [feminine, singular, vocative], bacacha [error-unrecognized-form, plural, vocative], bhacaigh [genitive, masculine, singular], bacaí [feminine, genitive, singular], bacacha [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], bacach [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], bacach [dative, masculine, singular], bhacach [dative, masculine, singular], bhacach [dative, feminine, singular], bhacaigh [archaic, dative, feminine, singular], bacacha [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], bhacacha [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], níos bacaí [comparative, error-unrecognized-form], is bacaí [error-unrecognized-form, superlative]
  1. lame
    Sense id: en-bacach-ga-adj-lW~DC~4R Categories (other): Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach Disambiguation of Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach: 37 37 23 4
  2. halting
    Sense id: en-bacach-ga-adj-2qJBenia Categories (other): Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach Disambiguation of Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach: 37 37 23 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): People Derived forms: bacachán (english: lame person or animal) [masculine]
Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: /bˠəˈkɑx/ [Munster], /ˈbˠakəx/ [Connacht], [ˈbˠaːkəx] [Connacht, Cois-Fharraige], /ˈbˠaka(x)/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish baccach (“lame; lame person”). By surface analysis, bac (“hindrance”) + -ach. Etymology templates: {{der|ga|sga|baccach|t=lame; lame person}} Old Irish baccach (“lame; lame person”), {{surf|ga|bac|-ach|pos=adjective|t1=hindrance}} By surface analysis, bac (“hindrance”) + -ach Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|bacaigh|||||||nominative plural|bacaigh|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} bacach m (genitive singular bacaigh, nominative plural bacaigh), {{ga-noun|m|bacaigh|bacaigh}} bacach m (genitive singular bacaigh, nominative plural bacaigh) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: bacaigh [genitive, singular], bacaigh [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], bacach [indefinite, nominative, singular], bacaigh [indefinite, nominative, plural], a bhacaigh [indefinite, singular, vocative], a bhacacha [indefinite, plural, vocative], bacaigh [genitive, indefinite, singular], bacach [genitive, indefinite, plural], bacach [dative, indefinite, singular], bacaigh [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an bacach [definite, nominative, singular], na bacaigh [definite, nominative, plural], an bhacaigh [definite, genitive, singular], na mbacach [definite, genitive, plural], leis an mbacach [dative, definite, singular], don bhacach [dative, definite, singular], leis na bacaigh [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], bacach [error-unrecognized-form], bhacach [error-unrecognized-form], mbacach [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. lame person Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bacach-ga-noun-bkRJXu~3 Categories (other): Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach, Irish entries with incorrect language header, Irish nouns suffixed with -ach, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach: 37 37 23 4 Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 27 27 45 1 Disambiguation of Irish nouns suffixed with -ach: 27 27 42 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 22 22 38 2 5 6 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 24 41 1 3 3 3
  2. beggar Tags: masculine Synonyms: sirtheoir
    Sense id: en-bacach-ga-noun-DVr988Bw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): People Derived forms: bacachas (english: (act of) begging, sponging) [masculine]
Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0 0",
      "kind": "topical",
      "langcode": "ga",
      "name": "People",
      "orig": "ga:People",
      "parents": [
        "Human",
        "All topics",
        "Fundamental"
      ],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "lame person or animal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bacachán"
    }
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "baccach",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "bac",
        "3": "-ach",
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        "t1": "hindrance"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, bac (“hindrance”) + -ach",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish baccach (“lame; lame person”). By surface analysis, bac (“hindrance”) + -ach.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bacaigh",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacaí",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacacha",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacaí",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhacach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhacacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhacaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhacach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhacaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhacach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhacach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhacaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhacacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "níos bacaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is bacaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "bacacha",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "13": "comparative",
        "14": "bacaí",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "genitive singular masculine",
        "4": "bacaigh",
        "5": "genitive singular feminine",
        "6": "bacaí",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{gsf2}}}",
        "9": "plural",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bacach (genitive singular masculine bacaigh, genitive singular feminine bacaí, plural bacacha, comparative bacaí)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "comp": "bacaí",
        "gsf": "bacaí",
        "gsm": "bacaigh",
        "pl": "~a"
      },
      "expansion": "bacach (genitive singular masculine bacaigh, genitive singular feminine bacaí, plural bacacha, comparative bacaí)",
      "name": "ga-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 37 23 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lame"
      ],
      "id": "en-bacach-ga-adj-lW~DC~4R",
      "links": [
        [
          "lame",
          "lame"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 37 23 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "broken English",
          "text": "Béarla bacach",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "dog Latin",
          "text": "Laidin bhacach",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "halting"
      ],
      "id": "en-bacach-ga-adj-2qJBenia",
      "links": [
        [
          "halting",
          "halting"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bˠəˈkɑx/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbˠakəx/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbˠaːkəx]",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Cois-Fharraige"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbˠaka(x)/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bacach"
}

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0 0",
      "kind": "topical",
      "langcode": "ga",
      "name": "People",
      "orig": "ga:People",
      "parents": [
        "Human",
        "All topics",
        "Fundamental"
      ],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "(act of) begging, sponging",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bacachas"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "baccach",
        "t": "lame; lame person"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish baccach (“lame; lame person”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "bac",
        "3": "-ach",
        "pos": "adjective",
        "t1": "hindrance"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, bac (“hindrance”) + -ach",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish baccach (“lame; lame person”). By surface analysis, bac (“hindrance”) + -ach.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bacaigh",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacaigh",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bhacaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bhacacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an bacach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na bacaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an bhacaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na mbacach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an mbacach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don bhacach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na bacaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhacach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mbacach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "bacaigh",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "bacaigh",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bacach m (genitive singular bacaigh, nominative plural bacaigh)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "bacaigh",
        "3": "bacaigh"
      },
      "expansion": "bacach m (genitive singular bacaigh, nominative plural bacaigh)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 37 23 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 27 45 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 27 42 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish nouns suffixed with -ach",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 22 38 2 5 6 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 24 41 1 3 3 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lame person"
      ],
      "id": "en-bacach-ga-noun-bkRJXu~3",
      "links": [
        [
          "lame",
          "lame"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Don’t bother the beggar’s son and the beggar’s son won’t bother you.",
          "text": "Ná bac le mac an bhacaigh is ní bhacfaidh mac an bhacaigh leat. (tongue-twister)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beggar"
      ],
      "id": "en-bacach-ga-noun-DVr988Bw",
      "links": [
        [
          "beggar",
          "beggar"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sirtheoir"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bˠəˈkɑx/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbˠakəx/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbˠaːkəx]",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Cois-Fharraige"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbˠaka(x)/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bacach"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Irish adjectives",
    "Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach",
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish first-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish nouns suffixed with -ach",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ga:People",
    "gd-noun 2",
    "gd:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "lame person or animal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bacachán"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "baccach",
        "t": "lame; lame person"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish baccach (“lame; lame person”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "bac",
        "3": "-ach",
        "pos": "adjective",
        "t1": "hindrance"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, bac (“hindrance”) + -ach",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish baccach (“lame; lame person”). By surface analysis, bac (“hindrance”) + -ach.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bacaigh",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacaí",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacacha",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacaí",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhacach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhacacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhacaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhacach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhacaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhacach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhacach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhacaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhacacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "níos bacaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is bacaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "bacacha",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "13": "comparative",
        "14": "bacaí",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "genitive singular masculine",
        "4": "bacaigh",
        "5": "genitive singular feminine",
        "6": "bacaí",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{gsf2}}}",
        "9": "plural",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bacach (genitive singular masculine bacaigh, genitive singular feminine bacaí, plural bacacha, comparative bacaí)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "comp": "bacaí",
        "gsf": "bacaí",
        "gsm": "bacaigh",
        "pl": "~a"
      },
      "expansion": "bacach (genitive singular masculine bacaigh, genitive singular feminine bacaí, plural bacacha, comparative bacaí)",
      "name": "ga-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lame"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lame",
          "lame"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "broken English",
          "text": "Béarla bacach",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "dog Latin",
          "text": "Laidin bhacach",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "halting"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "halting",
          "halting"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bˠəˈkɑx/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbˠakəx/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbˠaːkəx]",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Cois-Fharraige"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbˠaka(x)/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bacach"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Irish adjectives",
    "Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach",
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish first-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish nouns suffixed with -ach",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ga:People",
    "gd-noun 2",
    "gd:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "(act of) begging, sponging",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bacachas"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "baccach",
        "t": "lame; lame person"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish baccach (“lame; lame person”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "bac",
        "3": "-ach",
        "pos": "adjective",
        "t1": "hindrance"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, bac (“hindrance”) + -ach",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish baccach (“lame; lame person”). By surface analysis, bac (“hindrance”) + -ach.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bacaigh",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacaigh",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bhacaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bhacacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an bacach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na bacaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an bhacaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na mbacach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an mbacach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don bhacach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na bacaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bacach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhacach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mbacach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "bacaigh",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "bacaigh",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bacach m (genitive singular bacaigh, nominative plural bacaigh)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "bacaigh",
        "3": "bacaigh"
      },
      "expansion": "bacach m (genitive singular bacaigh, nominative plural bacaigh)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lame person"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lame",
          "lame"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Don’t bother the beggar’s son and the beggar’s son won’t bother you.",
          "text": "Ná bac le mac an bhacaigh is ní bhacfaidh mac an bhacaigh leat. (tongue-twister)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beggar"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beggar",
          "beggar"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sirtheoir"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bˠəˈkɑx/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbˠakəx/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbˠaːkəx]",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Cois-Fharraige"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbˠaka(x)/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bacach"
}

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "bacach"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "bacach",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "bacach"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "bacach",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'strong noun'",
  "path": [
    "bacach"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "bacach",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'weak noun'",
  "path": [
    "bacach"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "bacach",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: bacach/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "bacach"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bacach",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "bacach"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bacach",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
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  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bacach",
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}

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