bacán
Irish
Etymology 1
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Noun
bacán m (genitive singular bacáin, nominative plural bacáin)
Derived terms
- bacán agus inse (“hook and hinge”)
- bacán amuigh m (“outrigger”)
- bacán binse m (“bench stop”)
- bacán brád m (“collar-bone”)
- bacán ceangail m (“belaying-pin”)
- bacán cromáin m (“crank-arm”)
- bacán hata m (“hat-peg”)
- bacán inse m (“hinge-pin”)
- bacán láimhe m (“upper arm”)
- bacán láir m (“centre pin”)
- bacán téide m (“tethering post”)
- bacánach (“crooked, hinged”, adjective)
Etymology 2
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Noun
bacán m (genitive singular bacáin, nominative plural bacáin)
- (stalk of) water lily
- Alternative form of beacán (“mushroom”)
Derived terms
- bacán bán m (“white water-lily”)
Declension
Declension of bacán
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bacán | bhacán | mbacán |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bacán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “bacán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “bacán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈkan/ [baˈkãn]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: ba‧cán
Noun
bacán m (plural bacanes)
Further reading
- “bacán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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