bosca

== Dalmatian == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *bauscia or *baucia, of Germanic origin. Compare Italian bugia, Friulian bausie, Occitan bauzia, bauza, Old French boisie, Sardinian bigía, busia. === Noun === bosca f lie, untruth ==== Related terms ==== boscurd == Irish == === Alternative forms === bocsa (Ulster) bosga (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle English box (“container, box, cup”), from Old English box, from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbˠɔsˠkə/ (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈbˠʊsˠkə/, /ˈbˠɞsˠkə/ === Noun === bosca m (genitive singular bosca, nominative plural boscaí) box (container) box (tree or shrub of the genus Buxus), boxwood ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === 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 Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 58 “bosca”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026