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bosten

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Basque

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Basque numbers (edit)
50
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    Cardinal: bost
    Ordinal: bosgarren
    Multiplier: boskoitz
    Distributive: bosna
    Collective: boskote
    Fractional: bosten

Etymology

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From bost (five) +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bos̺ten/ [bos̺.t̪ẽn]
  • Rhymes: -os̺ten
  • Hyphenation: bos‧ten

Noun

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bosten inan or anim

  1. fifth (fraction)

Declension

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Numeral

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bosten

  1. genitive indefinite of bost
  2. genitive plural of bost

Further reading

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Middle English

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Etymology

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From bost (boast, glory, noise, arrogance, presumption, pride, vanity), probably of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bausuz (inflated, swollen, puffed up, proud, arrogant, bad). For more see boast.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bosten

  1. to brag

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • English: boast

References

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