bachall

From Old Irish bachall, from Latin baculum.^[1]

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɑxəl̪ˠ/
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠaxəl̪ˠ/^[2]

bachall f or m (genitive singular bachaille, nominative plural bachalla)

1. crook (shepherd's staff)

   Synonyms: caimín, camóg, crúca

2. (Christianity) crosier
3. ringlet (of hair)

   Synonyms: búcla, caschiabh, drol, fáinne, fáinneog, iodh, lúibín

4. tramp (of spade)
5. hooked nose

• go barra bachall (“in abundance”)
• bachallach (“crooked, hooked; curled, ringleted; circinate”, adjective)
• bachaillín m (diminutive)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bachall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bachall”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bachall”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Borrowed from Latin baculum.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaxal͈]

bachall f (genitive bachlae, nominative plural bachla)

1. staff

   Synonyms: crann, maide, slat, stáinse, trostán

2. shepherd's crook

   Synonyms: cammán, cammóc, stáinse

3. (Christianity) crosier
4. (Christianity, figuratively) holy orders, ordination, calling, pilgrimage
5. hurley-stick

   Synonym: cammán

6. (late) curl, tress

   Synonyms: corn, fáinne, gibne, id

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	bachallL	bachaillL	bachlaH
Vocative	bachallL	bachaillL	bachlaH
Accusative	bachaillN	bachaillL	bachlaH
Genitive	bachlaeH	bachallL	bachallN
Dative	bachaillL	bachlaib	bachlaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

• Irish: bachall
• Scottish Gaelic: bachall
• ⇒ Middle Irish: bachlach
  • Irish: bathlach
  • Scottish Gaelic: balach

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bachall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• bachull

From Old Irish bachall, from Latin baculum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaxəl̪ˠ/

bachall m (genitive singular bachaill)

1. shepherd's crook
2. staff
3. (Christianity) crosier
4. old shoe or slipper
5. rim of a cart
6. tennis-racket
7. dolt

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “bachall”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bachall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language