Uncertain. Perhaps from the variantboașă, possibly fromMedieval Latin,Late Latinbursa(“purse”), although this is unlikely. Perhaps from Turkishboş, although this is also doubtful due to the age of the word. CompareAromanianboashã, Megleno-Romanian and Istro-Romanianboş.
singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | boș | boșul | boașe | boașele | |
genitive-dative | boș | boșului | boașe | boașelor | |
vocative | boșule | boașelor |