bosten
Basque
| 50 | ||
| ← 4 | 5 | 6 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: bost Ordinal: bosgarren Multiplier: boskoitz Distributive: bosna Collective: boskote Fractional: bosten | ||
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bos̺ten/ [bos̺.t̪ẽn]
- Rhymes: -os̺ten
- Hyphenation: bos‧ten
Declension
Declension of bosten (animate and inanimate, ending in consonant)
| indefinite | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | bosten | bostena | bostenak | |
| ergative | bostenek | bostenak | bostenek | |
| dative | bosteni | bostenari | bostenei | |
| genitive | bostenen | bostenaren | bostenen | |
| comitative | bostenekin | bostenarekin | bostenekin | |
| causative | bostenengatik | bostenarengatik | bostenengatik | |
| benefactive | bostenentzat | bostenarentzat | bostenentzat | |
| instrumental | bostenez | bostenaz | bostenez | |
| inessive | anim. | bostenengan | bostenarengan | bostenengan |
| inanim. | bostenetan | bostenean | bostenetan | |
| locative | anim. | — | — | — |
| inanim. | bostenetako | bosteneko | bostenetako | |
| allative | anim. | bostenengana | bostenarengana | bostenengana |
| inanim. | bostenetara | bostenera | bostenetara | |
| terminative | anim. | bostenenganaino | bostenarenganaino | bostenenganaino |
| inanim. | bostenetaraino | bosteneraino | bostenetaraino | |
| directive | anim. | bostenenganantz | bostenarenganantz | bostenenganantz |
| inanim. | bostenetarantz | bostenerantz | bostenetarantz | |
| destinative | anim. | bostenenganako | bostenarenganako | bostenenganako |
| inanim. | bostenetarako | bostenerako | bostenetarako | |
| ablative | anim. | bostenengandik | bostenarengandik | bostenengandik |
| inanim. | bostenetatik | bostenetik | bostenetatik | |
| partitive | bostenik | — | — | |
| prolative | bostentzat | — | — | |
Middle English
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔːstən/
Conjugation
Conjugation of bosten (weak in -ed)
| infinitive | (to) bosten, boste | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | boste | bosted | |
| 2nd-person singular | bostest | bostedest | |
| 3rd-person singular | bosteth | bosted | |
| subjunctive singular | boste | ||
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural1 | bosten, boste | bosteden, bostede | |
| imperative plural | bosteth, boste | — | |
| participles | bostynge, bostende | bosted, ybosted | |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
- English: boast
References
- “bōsten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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