bach
Welsh (Colloquial)
/baːχ/
adj
Definitions
- small, little, short
- not fully-grown or developed, young
- insignificant, unimportant, humble
- small of business, etc.
- lowercase of letter
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *bɨx inherited from Proto-Celtic *bikkos (small).
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*bikkos
Gloss
small
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
小
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *peccuīnus Latin
- empequeñecer Spanish, Castilian
- pequeñajo Spanish, Castilian
- pequeño Spanish, Castilian
- pequeñuelo Spanish, Castilian
- pequeñín Spanish, Castilian
- beag Irish
- beagaigh Irish
- beagnach Irish
- beagán Irish
- Arth Fach Welsh
- arth Welsh
- bychan Welsh
- cacen Welsh
- cacen fach Welsh
- carfil Welsh
- carfil bach Welsh
- cil Welsh
- cilfach Welsh
- cromfach Welsh
- crwm Welsh
- picen Welsh
- picen fach Welsh
- tŷ Welsh
- tŷ bach Welsh
- yr Welsh
- bec Old Irish
- beag Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- beag bìodach Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- beagan Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *bikkos Proto-Celtic
- *bɨx Proto-Brythonic