"bac" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

See bac in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: baca [genitive, singular], baic [genitive, singular], bacan [plural]
Etymology: From Old Irish baccaid (“hinders, prevents, impairs; lames”), from bacc (“angle, bend, corner”), from Proto-Celtic *bakkos (“hook”). Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|baccaid|t=hinders, prevents, impairs; lames}} Old Irish baccaid (“hinders, prevents, impairs; lames”), {{inh|gd|cel-pro|*bakkos|t=hook}} Proto-Celtic *bakkos (“hook”) Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|baca|or|baic|||||||plural|bacan||||||{{{pl4}}}|||cat2=|f10accel-form=p|f11accel-form=genpl|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=gen|s|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} bac m (genitive singular baca or baic, plural bacan), {{gd-noun|g=m|gen=baca|gen2=baic|pl=bacan}} bac m (genitive singular baca or baic, plural bacan)
  1. delay, obstacle, hindrance Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bac-gd-noun-lqBk5AGK Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 36 15 15 34
  2. peat bank Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bac-gd-noun-T0FVOnhQ Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 36 15 15 34
  3. sandbank Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bac-gd-noun-R3gEdsWM Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 36 15 15 34

Verb

Forms: bhac [past], bacaidh [future], bacadh [noun-from-verb], bacte [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], bac [mutation, mutation-radical], bhac [lenition, mutation]
Etymology: From Old Irish baccaid (“hinders, prevents, impairs; lames”), from bacc (“angle, bend, corner”), from Proto-Celtic *bakkos (“hook”). Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|baccaid|t=hinders, prevents, impairs; lames}} Old Irish baccaid (“hinders, prevents, impairs; lames”), {{inh|gd|cel-pro|*bakkos|t=hook}} Proto-Celtic *bakkos (“hook”) Head templates: {{head|gd|verb|past|bhac||{{{past2}}}|future|bacaidh||{{{fut2}}}|verbal noun|bacadh||{{{vn2}}}||{{{vn3}}}|past participle|bacte||{{{pp2}}}||{{{pp3}}} -->|head=}} bac (past bhac, future bacaidh, verbal noun bacadh, past participle bacte), {{gd-verb|fut=bacaidh|past=bhac|pp=bacte|vn=bacadh}} bac (past bhac, future bacaidh, verbal noun bacadh, past participle bacte)
  1. to prevent, hinder, obstruct, restrain Derived forms: bac an tùs
    Sense id: en-bac-gd-verb-waGAM7T9 Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 36 15 15 34

Inflected forms

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