bogsa

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• bocsa

Etymology

From Middle English box (“container, box, cup”), from Old English box (“box-tree; box, case”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā (“box tree; box”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoks̪ə/

Noun

bogsa m (genitive singular bogsa, plural bogsaichean)

1. box

   Synonym: ciste

2. (colloquial) television
3. (colloquial, music) Short for bogsa-ciùil (“accordion”).

Synonyms

• bucas

Derived terms

• bocsa guir (“nest box”)
• bocsa-fòn (“phone box”)
• bogsa a' chiad-fhuasglaidh (“first-aid box”)
• bogsa piàna (“piano accordion”)
• bogsa-litrichean (“letter box”)
• bogsa-phutan (“button accordion”)
• cliath-bhogsa (“crate”)

Mutation

Mutation of bogsa

radical	lenition
bogsa	bhogsa

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