bác

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bac"

Czech

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaːt͡s]
• Hyphenation: bác

Interjection

bác

1. (onomatopoeia) boom (a sudden percussive sound)
2. signifies suddenness

   "Pozná děvče a bác! ožení se." ― "He meets a girl and boom! He's married."

Further reading

• “bác”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “bác”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
• “bác” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2024, slovnikcestiny.cz

Slovak

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baːt͡s]

Interjection

bác

1. bang, bam (a sudden percussive sound)

Further reading

• “bác”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Tày

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [ɓaːk̚˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [ɓaːk̚˦]

Etymology 1

Verb

bác

1. to chop

   bác mạy ― to chop trees

   bác nhả ― to cut grass

   thai bác ― to die from being slashed

Synonyms

• hẳm

Etymology 2

Possibly from Vietnamese bác.

Verb

bác

1. to distill

   bác xáy ― to distill eggs

Synonyms

• bắt
• sliêu

 

Etymology 3

Noun

bác

1. bowl (from bamboo or wood)

References

• Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎^[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
• Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎^[3] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

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Etymology 1

From Late Proto-Vietic *paːk (“uncle, father/mother's older brother”), from Middle Chinese 伯 (MC paek, “uncle”) (SV: bá).

Noun

bác • (伯, 博)

1. an older adult; senior; elder
2. paternal uncle, father's elder brother
3. paternal aunt-in-law, father's elder brother's wife
4. (archaic) father

   bác mẹ

   parents

Synonyms

• bá

Pronoun

bác

1. you, someone who's presumably slightly older than one of my parents

   Antonyms: cháu, con

2. he/him/she/her, someone who's presumably slightly older than one of my parents

   Antonyms: cháu, con

3. (familiar) you, someone who's slightly older than me

   Synonyms: anh, chị

   Antonym: em

Derived terms

• Bác

Etymology 2

Verb

bác

1. to scramble (eggs, etc.)

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 駁.

Verb

bác

1. (often in compounds) to reject, to dismiss, to refute, to turn down

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bác bỏ
• bài bác
• khích bác

 

Wiyot

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βát͡s/
• Hyphenation: bác

Noun

bác (vocative hodác)

1. (to a male) sister-in-law

References

• Gladys A. Reichard (1925) Wiyot Grammar and Texts, University of California press, page 130
• Karl V. Teeter (1964) The Wiyot Language, University of California press, page 80