bosten

Basque

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Cardinal: bost     Ordinal: bosgarren     Multiplier: boskoitz     Distributive: bosna     Collective: boskote     Fractional: bosten

Etymology

From bost (“five”) +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bos̺ten/ [bos̺.t̪ẽn]
• Rhymes: -os̺ten
• Hyphenation: bos‧ten

Noun

bosten inan or anim

1. fifth (fraction)

Declension

Declension of bosten (animate and inanimate, ending in consonant)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		bosten	bostena	bostenak
ergative		bostenek	bostenak	bostenek
dative		bosteni	bostenari	bostenei
genitive		bostenen	bostenaren	bostenen
comitative		bostenekin	bostenarekin	bostenekin
causative		bostenengatik	bostenarengatik	bostenengatik
benefactive		bostenentzat	bostenarentzat	bostenentzat
instrumental		bostenez	bostenaz	bostenez
inessive	anim.	bostenengan	bostenarengan	bostenengan
	inanim.	bostenetan	bostenean	bostenetan
locative	anim.	—	—	—
	inanim.	bostenetako	bosteneko	bostenetako
allative	anim.	bostenengana	bostenarengana	bostenengana
	inanim.	bostenetara	bostenera	bostenetara
terminative	anim.	bostenenganaino	bostenarenganaino	bostenenganaino
	inanim.	bostenetaraino	bosteneraino	bostenetaraino
directive	anim.	bostenenganantz	bostenarenganantz	bostenenganantz
	inanim.	bostenetarantz	bostenerantz	bostenetarantz
destinative	anim.	bostenenganako	bostenarenganako	bostenenganako
	inanim.	bostenetarako	bostenerako	bostenetarako
ablative	anim.	bostenengandik	bostenarengandik	bostenengandik
	inanim.	bostenetatik	bostenetik	bostenetatik
partitive		bostenik	—	—
prolative		bostentzat	—	—

Numeral

bosten

1. genitive indefinite of bost
2. genitive plural of bost

Further reading

• “bosten”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “bosten”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Middle English

Etymology

From bost (“boast, glory, noise, arrogance, presumption, pride, vanity”), probably of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bausuz (“inflated, swollen, puffed up, proud, arrogant, bad”). For more see boast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːstən/

Verb

bosten

1. to brag

Conjugation

Conjugation of bosten (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) bosten, boste
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	boste	bosted
2nd-person singular	bostest	bostedest
3rd-person singular	bosteth	bosted
subjunctive singular	boste
imperative singular		—
plural1	bosten, boste	bosteden, bostede
imperative plural	bosteth, boste	—
participles	bostynge, bostende	bosted, ybosted

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: boast

References

• “bōsten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.