vác

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vac"

Irish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /vˠɑːk/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /wɑːk/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /wæːk/

Noun

vác m (genitive singular vác, nominative plural vácanna)

1. quack!

Declension

Declension of vác

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative vác vácanna Vocative a vác a vácanna Genitive vác vácanna Dative vác vácanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an vác na vácanna Genitive an vác na vácanna Dative leis an vác don vác leis na vácanna

Related terms

• vácarnach f (“(act of) quacking”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “vác”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “vác” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• “quack”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

Vietnamese

Etymology

Probably a loanword from a neighboring Austroasiatic language, potentially even from a Vietic language. Compare Toum baːk⁷ ("to carry on shoulder"), Puoc beːk, Khasi bah (“to carry on one's back, to bear”), Pacoh báq (“to carry slung under one shoulder”), Kensiu baʔ ("to carry child in a cloth on one's back"), Oy baʔ ("to carry on back"). Khasian, Bahnaric, Katuic and other Vietic languages all point to the implosive *ɓ-, from which the Vietnamese form cannot be derived from through regular sound changes (the expected form would be *mác instead).

Compare also Jingpho bà' (“carry a child on the back”), Chinese 負 (OC *[b]əʔ) (B-S), Rawang baq (“to carry on back or shoulder”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vaːk̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vaːk̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vaːk̚˦˥] ~ [jaːk̚˦˥]

Verb

vác • (博, 搏, 𦠰, 𫆶)

1. to carry (on shoulder)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• gánh vác
• khiêng vác
• khuân vác