basc

See also: BASc, B.A.Sc., and B. A. Sc.

Catalan

Adjective

basc (feminine basca, masculine plural bascs or bascos, feminine plural basques)

Basque

Noun

basc m (plural bascs or bascos, feminine basca)

Basque (person from the Basque country)
(uncountable) Basque (language)

Irish

Etymology

Verb

basc (present analytic bascann, future analytic bascfaidh, verbal noun bascadh, past participle basctha)

(transitive) bash; crush

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	bascaim	bascann tú; bascair^†	bascann sé, sí	bascaimid	bascann sibh	bascann siad; bascaid^†	a bhascann; a bhascas / a mbascann; a mbascas	basctar
	past	bhasc mé; bhascas	bhasc tú; bhascais	bhasc sé, sí	bhascamar; bhasc muid	bhasc sibh; bhascabhair	bhasc siad; bhascadar	a bhasc / ar bhasc*	bascadh
	past habitual	bhascainn	bhasctá	bhascadh sé, sí	bhascaimis; bhascadh muid	bhascadh sibh	bhascaidís; bhascadh siad	a bhascadh / ar bhascadh*	bhasctaí
	future	bascfaidh mé; bascfad	bascfaidh tú; bascfair^†	bascfaidh sé, sí	bascfaimid; bascfaidh muid	bascfaidh sibh	bascfaidh siad; bascfaid^†	a bhascfaidh; a bhascfas / a mbascfaidh; a mbascfas	bascfar
conditional		bhascfainn / mbascfainn‡‡	bhascfá / mbascfá‡‡	bhascfadh sé, sí / mbascfadh sé, sí‡‡	bhascfaimis; bhascfadh muid / mbascfaimis‡‡; mbascfadh muid‡‡	bhascfadh sibh / mbascfadh sibh‡‡	bhascfaidís; bhascfadh siad / mbascfaidís‡‡; mbascfadh siad‡‡	a bhascfadh / ar bhascfadh*	bhascfaí / mbascfaí‡‡
subjunctive	present	go mbasca mé; go mbascad^†	go mbasca tú; go mbascair^†	go mbasca sé, sí	go mbascaimid; go mbasca muid	go mbasca sibh	go mbasca siad; go mbascaid^†	—	go mbasctar
subjunctive	past	dá mbascainn	dá mbasctá	dá mbascadh sé, sí	dá mbascaimis; dá mbascadh muid	dá mbascadh sibh	dá mbascaidís; dá mbascadh siad	—	dá mbasctaí
imperative		bascaim	basc	bascadh sé, sí	bascaimis	bascaigí; bascaidh^†	bascaidís	—	basctar
verbal noun		bascadh
past participle		basctha

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
basc	bhasc	mbasc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"basc" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Middle Irish

Etymology 1

Noun

basc ?

(weather) storm, heavy fall of rain

Etymology 2

Noun

basc ?

round necklet or neckband, consisting of beads of precious stone

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
basc	basc pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/	mbasc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“1 basc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“2 basc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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