bost

== English == === Etymology === Possibly from bust or burst. === 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 ==== bostin === Anagrams === 'bots, Bots., bots, stob == Basque == === Alternative forms === bortz === Etymology === From Proto-Basque *bortz (“five”). Often compared with Aquitanian *bors (“five”) and Iberian borste === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bos̺t/ [bos̺t̪] Rhymes: -os̺t Hyphenation: bost (casual speech) IPA(key): /bos̺/ === Numeral === bost five ==== Declension ==== === References === === 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 === boste, boost, booste === 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) brag, boast ==== Descendants ==== English: boast Scots: boast, bost → Middle Welsh: bost Welsh: bost Yola: boust ==== References ==== “bōst, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. The Black Country Slang Dictionary - Bost == Scots == === Etymology === Middle English bosten === Verb === bost to threaten to boast, brag ==== Alternative forms ==== boist == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɔst/ Rhymes: -ɔst === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle Welsh bost, from Middle English bost. ==== Noun ==== bost m (plural bostiau) boast, brag Synonyms: ymffrost, brol ===== Derived terms ===== bostio (“to boast”) ==== Mutation ==== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== bost soft mutation of post ==== Mutation ==== === Further reading === Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “boast”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[2], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “bost”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “bost”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies