bách

See also: bach, Bach, bạch, and bac̱h

Irish

Alternative forms

  • bádhach, bághach, báidheach

Etymology

From Middle Irish bágach. By surface analysis, + -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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bách bhách mbách
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓajk̟̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓat̚˦˧˥]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓat̚˦˥]
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from . This character also has the reading (as in bá quan and bá tánh).

Numeral

bách

  1. (only in compounds) hundred
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Noun

(classifier cây) bách

  1. cypress, cypress tree
Derived terms
  • bách tán
  • trắc bách diệp
  • tùng bách

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Verb

bách

  1. (only in compounds) to compel, to force, to constrain
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Noun

bách

  1. (obsolete) small boat
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