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

Related terms

• boscurd

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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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bosca”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bosca”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bosca”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024