bost

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See also: Bost and bòst

English

Etymology

Possibly from bust or burst.

Verb

bost (third-person singular simple present bosts, present participle bosting, simple past and past participle bosted)

  1. (UK dialect, Black Country) to break

Derived terms

Anagrams

Basque

Basque numbers (edit)
50
 ←  4 5 6  → 
    Cardinal: bost
    Ordinal: bosgarren
    Multiplier: boskoitz
    Distributive: bosna
    Collective: boskote
    Fractional: bosten

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *borź (“five”). Often compared with Iberian borste (“five”) and Aquitanian *bors (“five”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bos̺t/, [bo̞s̺t̪]
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Numeral

bost

  1. five

Declension

Declension of bost (numeral, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive bost bosta bostak
ergative bostek bostak bostek
dative bosti bostari bostei
genitive bosten bostaren bosten
comitative bostekin bostarekin bostekin
causative bostengatik bostarengatik bostengatik
benefactive bostentzat bostarentzat bostentzat
instrumental bostez bostaz bostez
inessive anim. bostengan bostarengan bostengan
inanim. bostetan bostean bostetan
locative anim. — — —
inanim. bostetako bosteko bostetako
allative anim. bostengana bostarengana bostengana
inanim. bostetara bostera bostetara
terminative anim. bostenganaino bostarenganaino bostenganaino
inanim. bostetaraino bosteraino bostetaraino
directive anim. bostenganantz bostarenganantz bostenganantz
inanim. bostetarantz bosterantz bostetarantz
destinative anim. bostenganako bostarenganako bostenganako
inanim. bostetarako bosterako bostetarako
ablative anim. bostengandik bostarengandik bostengandik
inanim. bostetatik bostetik bostetatik
partitive bostik — —
prolative bost-tzat — —

References

  1. ^ Orduña A., Eduardo (2011) “Los numerales ibéricos y el protovasco [Iberian numerals and Proto-Basque]”, in Veleia‎[1] (in Spanish), volume 28, pages 125–139
  2. ^ Mitxelena, Koldo L. (1961) Fonética histórica vasca [Basque Historical Phonetics] (Obras completas de Luis Michelena; 1) (in Spanish), Diputación Foral de Guipuzkoa, published 1990, →ISBN, page 363

Further reading

  • “bost”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
  • “bost”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • “bost” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman bost, probably of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bausuz (“inflated, swollen, puffed up, proud, arrogant, bad”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bost (plural bosts)

  1. brag, boast

Descendants

  • English: boast
  • Yola: boust

References

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