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

lie, untruth

Related terms

boscurd

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English box.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbˠɔsˠkə]

Noun 1

bosca m (genitive singular bosca)

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)

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.

bosca

Dalmatian

Etymology

Noun

Related terms

Irish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun 1

Declension

Derived terms

Noun 2

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading