# basc
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin vascō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbask]
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

basc (feminine basca, masculine plural bascs or bascos, feminine plural basques)
* Basque

#### Derived terms

* País Basc
* protobasc

### Noun

basc m (plural bascs or bascos, feminine basca)
* Basque (person from the Basque country)

### Noun

basc m (uncountable)
* Basque (language)

## Irish
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Verb

basc (present analytic bascann, future analytic bascfaidh, verbal noun bascadh, past participle basctha)
* (transitive) bash; crush

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | bascaim | bascann tú; bascair$^†$ | bascann sé, sí | bascaimid | bascann sibh | bascann siad; bascaid$^†$ | a bhascann; a bhascas / a mbascann* | basctar |
| indicative | past | bhasc mé; bhascas | bhasc tú; bhascais | bhasc sé, sí | bhascamar; bhasc muid | bhasc sibh; bhascabhair | bhasc siad; bhascadar | a bhasc / ar bhasc* | bascadh |
| indicative | past habitual | bhascainn / mbascainn‡‡ | bhasctá / mbasctá‡‡ | bhascadh sé, sí / mbascadh sé, sí‡‡ | bhascaimis; bhascadh muid / mbascaimis‡‡; mbascadh muid‡‡ | bhascadh sibh / mbascadh sibh‡‡ | bhascaidís; bhascadh siad / mbascaidís‡‡; mbascadh siad‡‡ | a bhascadh / a mbascadh* | bhasctaí / mbasctaí‡‡ |
| future | future | bascfaidh mé; bascfad | bascfaidh tú; bascfair$^†$ | bascfaidh sé, sí | bascfaimid; bascfaidh muid | bascfaidh sibh | bascfaidh siad; bascfaid$^†$ | a bhascfaidh; a bhascfas / a mbascfaidh* | bascfar |
| conditional | conditional | bhascfainn / mbascfainn‡‡ | bhascfá / mbascfá‡‡ | bhascfadh sé, sí / mbascfadh sé, sí‡‡ | bhascfaimis; bhascfadh muid / mbascfaimis‡‡; mbascfadh muid‡‡ | bhascfadh sibh / mbascfadh sibh‡‡ | bhascfaidís; bhascfadh siad / mbascfaidís‡‡; mbascfadh siad‡‡ | a bhascfadh / a mbascfadh* | bhascfaí / mbascfaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go mbasca mé; go mbascad$^†$ | go mbasca tú; go mbascair$^†$ | go mbasca sé, sí | go mbascaimid; go mbasca muid | go mbasca sibh | go mbasca siad; go mbascaid$^†$ | — | go mbasctar |
| subjunctive | past | dá mbascainn | dá mbasctá | dá mbascadh sé, sí | dá mbascaimis; dá mbascadh muid | dá mbascadh sibh | dá mbascaidís; dá mbascadh siad | — | dá mbasctaí |
| imperative | imperative | bascaim | basc | bascadh sé, sí | bascaimis | bascaigí; bascaidh$^†$ | bascaidís | — | basctar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | bascadh | bascadh | bascadh | bascadh | bascadh | bascadh | bascadh | bascadh |
| past participle | past participle | basctha | basctha | basctha | basctha | basctha | basctha | basctha | basctha |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

### Further reading

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

## Middle Irish
### Etymology 1

From the root of modern baithis (“top, crown (of head)”, literally “baptism”).

#### Noun

basc ?
* (weather) storm, heavy fall of rain

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *baskis (“bundle, load”).
Cognate to Welsh baich (“load, burden”), Ancient Macedonian βάσκιοι (báskioi, “fasces, bundle”), Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos, “bundle”), Latin fascis (“band, bundle”), Old English bæst (“inner bark of the linden tree”) and Albanian bashkë (“together”).

#### Noun

basc ?
* round necklet or neckband, consisting of beads of precious stone

### References

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 basc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 basc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.93

## Occitan
### Etymology

From French Basque.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Languedoc):(file)

### Adjective

basc m (feminine singular basca, masculine plural basques, feminine plural bascas)
* Basque

### Noun

basc m (plural basques, feminine basca, feminine plural bascas)
* Basque (person from the Basque country)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French basque.

### Adjective

basc m or n (feminine singular bască, masculine plural baști, feminine and neuter plural baște)
* Basque

#### Declension
### Noun

basc m (plural basci)
* Basque