bacstaí

Irish

Etymology

Possibly from arán bocht-tí (literally “bread of the poor-house”),[1] or alternatively from bácús (“bakehouse, bakery”)

Noun

bacstaí m (genitive singular bacstaí)

  1. boxty (potato pancake)
    Synonyms: cáca bacstaí, císte steaimpí, steaimpí

Declension
Declension of bacstaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative bacstaí
Vocative a bhacstaí
Genitive bacstaí
Dative bacstaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an bacstaí
Genitive an bhacstaí
Dative leis an mbacstaí

don bhacstaí

Descendants
  • → English: boxty

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bacstaí bhacstaí mbacstaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Ayto, John (2012) The diner's dictionary : word origins of food & drink‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University ECB press, →ISBN, page 42

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bacstaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “boxty”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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