taebhosca

Irish

Etymology

From tae (“tea”) +‎ bosca (“box”).

Noun

taebhosca m (genitive singular taebhosca, nominative plural taebhoscaí)

1. tea-caddy

Declension

Declension of taebhosca (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative taebhosca taebhoscaí vocative a thaebhosca a thaebhoscaí genitive taebhosca taebhoscaí dative taebhosca taebhoscaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an taebhosca na taebhoscaí genitive an taebhosca na dtaebhoscaí dative leis an taebhosca don taebhosca leis na taebhoscaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of taebhosca

radical	lenition	eclipsis
taebhosca	thaebhosca	dtaebhosca

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) “taebhosca”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “taebhosca”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025