cac in Old English

IPA: /kɑk/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps derived from *cacian (“to defecate”), from Latin cacō (“I shit”). Etymology templates: {{unk|ang|title=uncertain}} uncertain, {{der|ang|la|cacō|t=I shit}} Latin cacō (“I shit”) Head templates: {{ang-noun|m|cacas}} cac m (nominative plural cacas) Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|cac}}, {{ang-decl-noun|cac|cacas|cac|cacas|caces|caca|cace|cacum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: cacas [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cac [nominative, singular], cacas [nominative, plural], cac [accusative, singular], cacas [accusative, plural], caces [genitive, singular], caca [genitive, plural], cace [dative, singular], cacum [dative, plural]

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "cack"
    }
  ],
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        "title": "uncertain"
      },
      "expansion": "uncertain",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "cacō",
        "t": "I shit"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cacō (“I shit”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of uncertain origin. Perhaps derived from *cacian (“to defecate”), from Latin cacō (“I shit”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cacas",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cac",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cac",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cacas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caces",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cace",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cacum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "cacas"
      },
      "expansion": "cac m (nominative plural cacas)",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cac"
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    },
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        "2": "cacas",
        "3": "cac",
        "4": "cacas",
        "5": "caces",
        "6": "caca",
        "7": "cace",
        "8": "cacum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
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          "name": "Feces",
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        {
          "_dis": "0 1 11 18 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 13 11 8 9 1 0 1 1 21",
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "shithouse, latrine",
          "translation": "shithouse, latrine",
          "word": "cachūs"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dung, excrement"
      ],
      "id": "en-cac-ang-noun-xS7C-OBz",
      "links": [
        [
          "dung",
          "dung"
        ],
        [
          "excrement",
          "excrement"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "*cacian"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑk/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cac"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 10 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "gd:Feces"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "shithouse, latrine",
      "translation": "shithouse, latrine",
      "word": "cachūs"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "cack"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "title": "uncertain"
      },
      "expansion": "uncertain",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "cacō",
        "t": "I shit"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cacō (“I shit”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of uncertain origin. Perhaps derived from *cacian (“to defecate”), from Latin cacō (“I shit”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cacas",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cac",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cacas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cac",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cacas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caces",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cace",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cacum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "cacas"
      },
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      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cac"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cac",
        "2": "cacas",
        "3": "cac",
        "4": "cacas",
        "5": "caces",
        "6": "caca",
        "7": "cace",
        "8": "cacum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "*cacian"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English masculine a-stem nouns",
        "Old English masculine nouns",
        "Old English nouns",
        "Old English palindromes",
        "Old English terms derived from Latin",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with unknown etymologies",
        "Pages with 10 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ang:Feces"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dung, excrement"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dung",
          "dung"
        ],
        [
          "excrement",
          "excrement"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑk/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cac"
}

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"cac" meaning in Old English

Noun