baci

See also: Baci, bací, bacî̌, bacı, Bacı, bâcı, and Baçi

Hungarian

Etymology

Clipping of bacilus, referring to any bacterium (or virus or some other germ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒt͡si]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ci
• Rhymes: -t͡si

Noun

baci (plural bacik)

1. (childish, informal, humorous) cootie, bacterium, germ (any kind of germ)

   Synonyms: bacilus, baktérium, kórokozó

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	baci	bacik
accusative	bacit	bacikat
dative	bacinak	baciknak
instrumental	bacival	bacikkal
causal-final	baciért	bacikért
translative	bacivá	bacikká
terminative	baciig	bacikig
essive-formal	baciként	bacikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	baciban	bacikban
superessive	bacin	bacikon
adessive	bacinál	baciknál
illative	baciba	bacikba
sublative	bacira	bacikra
allative	bacihoz	bacikhoz
elative	baciból	bacikból
delative	baciról	bacikról
ablative	bacitól	baciktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	bacié	baciké
non-attributive possessive – plural	baciéi	bacikéi

Possessive forms of baci

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	bacim	bacijaim (or baciim)
2nd person sing.	bacid	bacijaid (or baciid)
3rd person sing.	bacija	bacijai (or bacii)
1st person plural	bacink	bacijaink (or baciink)
2nd person plural	bacitok	bacijaitok (or baciitok)
3rd person plural	bacijuk	bacijaik (or baciik)

Derived terms

Compound words

• fiúbaci
• lánybaci

Further reading

• baci in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Italian

Noun

baci m

1. plural of bacio

Verb

baci

1. inflection of baciare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• bica, ciba

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown and disputed. Possibly of an eastern, but pre-Turkish origin (e.g. Cuman, other Turkic, or perhaps Iranian). Has cognates in each of the languages surrounding Romania. Also found in Aromanian as baci. May alternatively be a native, pre-Roman substrate word.

Possibly from Albanian bac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bat͡ʃʲ/

Noun

baci m (plural baci)

1. a shepherd that operates a hut for his flock

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	baci	baciul	baci	bacii
genitive-dative	baci	baciului	baci	bacilor
vocative	baciule		bacilor

See also

• cioban
• stână

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

baci (Cyrillic spelling баци)

1. inflection of baciti:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. second/third-person singular aorist past