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Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English box (“container, box, cup”), from Old English box (“box-tree; box, case”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā (“box tree; box”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bogsa m (genitive singular bogsa, plural bogsaichean)
- box
- Synonym: ciste
- (informal) television
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- bocsa guir (“nest box”)
- bocsa-fòn (“phone box”)
- bogsa a' chiad-fhuasglaidh (“first-aid box”)
- bogsa piàna (“piano accordion”)
- bogsa-litrichean (“letter box”)
- bogsa-phutan (“button accordion”)
- cliath-bhogsa (“crate”)
Mutation
[edit]Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
bogsa | bhogsa |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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