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.

Noun

bosca f

  1. lie, untruth

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English box.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbˠɔsˠkə]

Noun 1

bosca m (genitive singular bosca)

  1. box, boxwood

Declension
Declension of bosca

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative bosca
Vocative a bhosca
Genitive bosca
Dative bosca

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an bosca
Genitive an bhosca
Dative leis an mbosca

don bhosca

Derived terms
  • crann bosca m (“box-tree”)

Noun 2

bosca m (genitive singular bosca, nominative plural boscaí)

  1. box

Declension
Declension of bosca

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bosca boscaí
Vocative a bhosca a bhoscaí
Genitive bosca boscaí
Dative bosca boscaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bosca na boscaí
Genitive an bhosca na mboscaí
Dative leis an mbosca

don bhosca

 leis na boscaí

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
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
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