ceolbhosca

Irish

Etymology

ceol (“music”) +‎ bosca (“box”).

Noun

ceolbhosca m (genitive singular ceolbhosca, nominative plural ceolbhoscaí)

1. music box

Declension

Declension of ceolbhosca (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ceolbhosca ceolbhoscaí vocative a cheolbhosca a cheolbhoscaí genitive ceolbhosca ceolbhoscaí dative ceolbhosca ceolbhoscaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ceolbhosca na ceolbhoscaí genitive an cheolbhosca na gceolbhoscaí dative leis an gceolbhosca don cheolbhosca leis na ceolbhoscaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceolbhosca

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceolbhosca	cheolbhosca	gceolbhosca

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceolbhosca”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN