bosca
See also: bošča
Dalmatian
Etymology
From Late Latin *bauscia or *baucia, of Germanic origin. Compare Italian bugia, Friulian bausie, Occitan bauzia, bauza, Old French boisie, Sardinian bigía, busia.
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbˠɔsˠkə]
Declension
Declension of bosca
Fourth declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- crann bosca m (“box-tree”)
Declension
Declension of bosca
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- bosca abhlainne m (“pyx”)
- bosca acastóra m (“axle-box”)
- bosca airgid m (“money-box”)
- bosca ceoil m (“melodeon”)
- bosca cipíní m (“matchbox”)
- bosca compáis m (“binnacle”)
- bosca éistigh m, bosca faoistine m (“confessional”)
- bosca guail m (“coal-box”)
- bosca litreacha m (“letter-box”)
- bosca luatha m (“ash-bin”)
- bosca muinchille m (“coupling-sleeve”)
- bosca seod m (“jewel-box”)
- bosca snaoise m (“snuff-box”)
- bosca stuála m (“stuffing-box”)
- fál bosca m (“box hedge”)
- giocsaí i mbosca m (“jack-in-the-box”)
- taebhosca m (“tea-caddy”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bosca | bhosca | mbosca |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "bosca" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “bosca” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “bosca” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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