bác

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaːt͡s]
• Hyphenation: bác

Interjection

bác

1. (onomatopoeia) boom (a sudden percussive sound)
2. signifies suddenness

   "Pozná děvče a bác! ožení se." ― "He meets a girl and boom! He's married."

Further reading

• “bác”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “bác”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
• “bác” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baːt͡s]

Interjection

bác

1. bang, bam (a sudden percussive sound)

Further reading

• “bác”, 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, 2003–2025

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [ɓaːk̚˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [ɓaːk̚˦]

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Possibly from Vietnamese bác.

Etymology 3

References

• Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
• Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎ (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˦˥]

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Etymology 1

From Late Proto-Vietic *paːk (“uncle, father/mother's older brother”), from Middle Chinese 伯 (MC paek, “uncle”) (SV: bá).

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 駁.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βát͡s/
• Hyphenation: bác

Noun

bác (vocative hodác)

1. (to a male) sister-in-law

References

• Gladys A. Reichard (1925) Wiyot Grammar and Texts, University of California press, page 130
• Karl V. Teeter (1964) The Wiyot Language, University of California press, page 80