bách

See also: bach, Bach, bạch, and bac̱h

Irish

Alternative forms

• bádhach, bághach, báidheach

Etymology

From Middle Irish bágach. By surface analysis, bá +‎ -ach.

Adjective

bách (genitive singular masculine bách, genitive singular feminine báiche, plural bácha, comparative báiche)

1. affectionate

   Is bách (iad) lucht aon cheirde.

   Birds of a feather flock together.

   (literally, “People of the same craft are affectionate.”)

Declension

Declension of bách

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	bách	bhách	bácha; bhácha2
vocative	bháich		bácha
genitive		báiche	bácha	bách
dative	bách; bhách1	bhách; bháich (archaic)	bácha; bhácha2
Comparative	níos báiche
Superlative	is báiche

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of bách

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bách	bhách	mbách

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bách”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bádach, báidech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓajk̟̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓat̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓat̚˦˥]

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Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 柏.

Noun

(classifier cây) bách

1. cypress, cypress tree

Etymology 2

This character also has the reading bá (as in bá quan and bá tánh).

Romanization

bách

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 百

Derived terms

• bách bệnh
• bách bổ (百補)
• bách bộ (百步)
• bách chiến bách thắng (百戰百勝)
• bách chiến (百戰)
• bách công (百工)
• bách hoa
• bách hoá (百貨)
• bách hợp (百合)
• bách hương vàng
• bách khoa toàn thư (百科全書)
• bách khoa (百科)
• bách nghệ (百藝)
• bách niên giai lão (百年偕老)
• bách phát bách trúng (百發百中)
• bách phân suất (百分率)
• bách phân (百分)
• bách phương (百方)
• bách quan (百官)
• bách tán
• bách thảo (百草)
• bách thú (百獸)
• bách tính (百姓)
• bách tính, bá tánh (百姓)
• Bách Việt (百越)
• cúc bách nhật
• độ bách phân
• khể thủ bách bái
• nhất hô bách ứng
• trắc bách diệp
• tùng bách
• từ điển bách khoa
• vườn bách thảo
• vườn bách thú

 

Etymology 3

Romanization

bách

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 迫

Derived terms

• bần bách
• bức bách
• cấp bách (急迫)
• cưỡng bách
• gấp bách
• hiếp bách
• quẫn bách
• thúc bách
• ức bách

 

Etymology 4

Sino-Vietnamese word from 舶.

Noun

bách

1. (obsolete) small boat