bača

See also: baca, baća, bàca, bacă, and bacą

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Romanian baci.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbat͡ʃa]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ča

Noun

bača m anim

1. chief shepherd

Declension

Declension of bača (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	bača	bačové
genitive	bači	bačů
dative	bačovi	bačům
accusative	baču	bači
vocative	bačo	bačové
locative	bačovi	bačích
instrumental	bačou	bači

Further reading

• bača in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• bača in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• Ústav pro jazyk český: Vzory podstatných jmen

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Romanian baci.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbat͡ʃa/

Noun

bača m anim (genitive singular baču, nominative plural bačovia, genitive plural bačov, declension pattern of hrdina)

1. chief shepherd, assisted by a valach

Declension

Declension of bača

	singular	plural
nominative	bača	bačovia
genitive	baču	bačov
dative	bačovi	bačom
accusative	baču	bačov
locative	bačovi	bačoch
instrumental	bačom	bačami

Derived terms

• bačovka
• bačovský
• bačovstvo

Further reading

• “bača”, 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, 2024