taebhosca

Irish

Etymology

From tae (“tea”) +‎ bosca (“box”).

Noun

taebhosca m (genitive singular taebhosca, nominative plural taebhoscaí)

1. tea-caddy

Declension

Declension of taebhosca

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative taebhosca taebhoscaí Vocative a thaebhosca a thaebhoscaí Genitive taebhosca taebhoscaí Dative taebhosca taebhoscaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an taebhosca na taebhoscaí Genitive an taebhosca na dtaebhoscaí Dative leis an taebhosca don taebhosca leis na taebhoscaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
taebhosca	thaebhosca	dtaebhosca
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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