busta

English

Noun

busta (plural bustas)

1. Eye dialect spelling of buster.

Anagrams

• Taubs, abuts, buats, butas, tabus, tsuba, tubas

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Czech

Alternative forms

• bysta

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪsta]
• Rhymes: -ɪsta

Noun

busta f

1. bust (sculpture)

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from French buste, from Italian busto, from Latin būstum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠʊsˠt̪ˠə/

Noun

busta m (genitive singular busta, nominative plural bustaí)

1. bust (sculpture)

Declension

Declension of busta

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative busta bustaí Vocative a bhusta a bhustaí Genitive busta bustaí Dative busta bustaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an busta na bustaí Genitive an bhusta na mbustaí Dative leis an mbusta don bhusta leis na bustaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
busta	bhusta	mbusta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French boiste, whence French boîte (“box”). From Medieval Latin buxida, inflected form derived from of Latin buxētum (“boxwood plantation”), from Latin buxus (“boxwood”).

Noun

busta f (plural buste)

1. envelope

   La carta è troppo grande per la busta.

   The letter is too big for the envelope.

   Synonyms: cartella, involucro

2. (philately) cover

   busta primo giorno emissione ― first-day cover

Derived terms

• busta paga (“payslip”)
• bustarella (“bribe”)
• bustina (“small envelope, sachet”)
• imbustare (verb)

 

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) busta

1. nominative plural of bustum
2. accusative plural of bustum
3. vocative plural of bustum

References

• busta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)