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bost

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See also: Bost and bòst

English

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Etymology

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Possibly from bust or burst.

Verb

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bost (third-person singular simple present bosts, present participle bosting, simple past and past participle bosted)

  1. (UK dialect, Black Country) to break

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Basque

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Basque numbers (edit)
50
 ←  4 5 6  → 
    Cardinal: bost
    Ordinal: bosgarren
    Multiplier: boskoitz
    Distributive: bosna
    Collective: boskote
    Fractional: bosten

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Basque *bortz (five). Often compared with Aquitanian *bors (five).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bos̺t/ [bos̺t̪]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -os̺t
  • Hyphenation: bost
  • (casual speech) IPA(key): /bos̺/

Numeral

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bost

  1. five

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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

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  • bost”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
  • bost”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • bost” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Anglo-Norman bost, probably of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bausuz (inflated, swollen, puffed up, proud, arrogant, bad).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bost (plural bosts)

  1. brag, boast

Descendants

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  • English: boast
  • Scots: boast, bost
  • Yola: boust

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