cac

See also: CAC, các, cąc, and çaç

Albanian

Etymology

Version of eci (“to walk, step, go”). Used by adults when speaking to toddlers while teaching them how to walk.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡sat͡s/

Verb

cac (aorist caca, participle cacur)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) to walk slowly
  2. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) to learn (how) to walk
    Synonym: përkëmb

Derived terms
  • cacë f

Further reading
  • active verb cac (aorist: caca; participle: cacur) • Fjalori Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin cacō. Compare Romanian căca, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Verb

cac first-singular present indicative (past participle cãcatã or cãcate)

  1. (vulgar, reflexive) to shit

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish and Old Irish cacc (“dung, excrement”), from Proto-Celtic *kakkā.

Noun

cac m (genitive singular caca, nominative plural cacanna)

  1. faeces, excrement
  2. (vulgar, offensive) shit
  3. (mining) raw ore
  4. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Declension
Declension of cac

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) cacanna
Vocative a chac a chacanna
Genitive caca cacanna
Dative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) cacanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) na cacanna
Genitive an chaca na gcacanna
Dative leis an gcac

don chac

 leis na cacanna
Derived terms

Interjection

cac

  1. (vulgar) Shit!, Fuck!

Etymology 2

From Old Irish caccaid (“excretes”, verb), from cacc (“dung, excrement”).

Verb

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. excrete, defecate
  2. (vulgar) shit
Conjugation
conjugation of cac (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present cacaim cacann tú;
cacair†		 cacann sé, sí cacaimid cacann sibh cacann siad;
cacaid†		 a chacann; a chacas /
a gcacann*; a gcacas*		 cactar
past chac mé; chacas chac tú; chacais chac sé, sí chacamar; chac muid chac sibh; chacabhair chac siad; chacadar a chac /
ar chac*		 cacadh
past habitual chacainn / gcacainn‡‡ chactá / gcactᇇ chacadh sé, sí / gcacadh sé, s퇇 chacaimis; chacadh muid / gcacaimis‡‡; gcacadh muid‡‡ chacadh sibh / gcacadh sibh‡‡ chacaidís; chacadh siad / gcacaidís‡‡; gcacadh siad‡‡ a chacadh /
a gcacadh*		 chactaí / gcacta퇇
future cacfaidh mé;
cacfad		 cacfaidh tú;
cacfair†		 cacfaidh sé, sí cacfaimid;
cacfaidh muid		 cacfaidh sibh cacfaidh siad;
cacfaid†		 a chacfaidh; a chacfas /
a gcacfaidh*; a gcacfas*		 cacfar
conditional chacfainn / gcacfainn‡‡ chacfá / gcacfᇇ chacfadh sé, sí / gcacfadh sé, s퇇 chacfaimis; chacfadh muid / gcacfaimis‡‡; gcacfadh muid‡‡ chacfadh sibh / gcacfadh sibh‡‡ chacfaidís; chacfadh siad / gcacfaidís‡‡; gcacfadh siad‡‡ a chacfadh /
a gcacfadh*		 chacfaí / gcacfa퇇
subjunctive present go gcaca mé;
go gcacad†		 go gcaca tú;
go gcacair†		 go gcaca sé, sí go gcacaimid;
go gcaca muid		 go gcaca sibh go gcaca siad;
go gcacaid†		 — go gcactar
past dá gcacainn dá gcactá dá gcacadh sé, sí dá gcacaimis;
dá gcacadh muid		 dá gcacadh sibh dá gcacaidís;
dá gcacadh siad		 — dá gcactaí
imperative cacaim Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) cacadh sé, sí cacaimis cacaigí;
cacaidh†		 cacaidís — cactar
verbal noun Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
past participle cactha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References

K'iche'

Etymology

Likely cognate to Yucatec Maya k’áak’

Noun

cac

  1. (Classical K'iche') fire

Old English

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps derived from *cacian (“to defecate”), from Latin cacō (“I shit”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɑk/

Noun

cac m (nominative plural cacas)

  1. dung, excrement

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms
  • *cacian

References
  1. Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “cack”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Romanian

Verb

cac

  1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of căca

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʰaxk/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish and Old Irish cacc (“dung, excrement”), from Proto-Celtic *kakkā.

Noun

cac m (genitive singular caca, no plural)

  1. excrement
  2. (vulgar) shit
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish caccaid (“excretes”, verb), from cacc (“dung, excrement”). See Etymology 1 above.

Verb

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. (slang) excrete, defecate
  2. (slang, vulgar) shit

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)chac
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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