bost
English
Etymology
Verb
bost (third-person singular simple present bosts, present participle bosting, simple past and past participle bosted)
- (UK dialect, Black Country, East Midlands) to break
Derived terms
Anagrams
Basque
| 50 | ||
| ← 4 | 5 | 6 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: bost Ordinal: bosgarren Multiplier: boskoitz Distributive: bosna Collective: boskote Fractional: bosten | ||
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Basque *bortz (“five”). Often compared with Aquitanian *bors (“five”) and Iberian borste[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bos̺t/ [bos̺t̪]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -os̺t
- Hyphenation: bost
- (casual speech) IPA(key): /bos̺/
Numeral
bost
Declension
| 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 |
| inan | bostetan | bostean | bostetan | |
| locative | anim | — | — | — |
| inan | bostetako | bosteko | bostetako | |
| allative | anim | bostengana | bostarengana | bostengana |
| inan | bostetara | bostera | bostetara | |
| terminative | anim | bostenganaino | bostarenganaino | bostenganaino |
| inan | bostetaraino | bosteraino | bostetaraino | |
| directive | anim | bostenganantz | bostarenganantz | bostenganantz |
| inan | bostetarantz | bosterantz | bostetarantz | |
| destinative | anim | bostenganako | bostarenganako | bostenganako |
| inan | bostetarako | bosterako | bostetarako | |
| ablative | anim | bostengandik | bostarengandik | bostengandik |
| inan | bostetatik | bostetik | bostetatik | |
| partitive | bostik | — | — | |
| prolative | bost-tzat | — | — | |
References
- ^ 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
- ^ 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] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- R. L. Trask (2008) “bost”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 147
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
- IPA(key): /bɔːst/
Noun
bost (plural bosts)
Descendants
References
- “bōst, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- The Black Country Slang Dictionary - Bost