cac

See also: CAC, các, çaç, and čāc

Albanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡sat͡s/

Verb

cac (first-person singular past tense caca, participle cacur)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) I walk slowly
  2. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) I 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, cac.

Verb

cac (past participle cãcatã or cãcate)

  1. (vulgar, reflexive) I 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. verbal noun of cac
Declension
Declension of cac

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cac cacanna
Vocative a chac a chacanna
Genitive caca cacanna
Dative cac cacanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cac 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

cac (present analytic cacann, future analytic cacfaidh, verbal noun cac, past participle cactha)

  1. excrete, defecate
  2. (vulgar) shit
Conjugation
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 cac cacadh sé, sí cacaimis cacaigí;
cacaidh†		 cacaidís — cactar
verbal noun cac
past participle cactha

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

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cac chac gcac
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

K'iche'

Etymology

Likely cognate to Yucatec Maya k’áak’

Noun

cac

  1. (Classical K'iche') fire

Old English

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin caco (“I shit”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɑk/

Noun

cac m (nominative plural cacas)

  1. dung, excrement

Declension
Declension of cac (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative cac cacas
accusative cac cacas
genitive caces caca
dative cace cacum

Derived terms

References
  1. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “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 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

cac (past chac, future cacaidh, verbal noun cac or cacadh, past participle cacte)

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

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cacchac
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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