FromMiddle Englishbusshel, fromOld Frenchboissel, fromboisse, a grain measure based onGaulish*bostyā(“handful”), fromProto-Celtic*bostā(“palm, fist”) (compareBretonboz(“hollow of the hand”),Old Irishbas), fromProto-Indo-European*gwost-,*gwosdʰ-(“branch”).
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bushel (pluralbushels)
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bushel (third-person singular simple presentbushels,present participlebushelingorbushelling,simple past and past participlebusheledorbushelled)
bushel
Inflection ofbushel (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | bushel | bushelit | |
genitive | bushelin | bushelien busheleiden busheleitten | |
partitive | bushelia | busheleita busheleja | |
illative | busheliin | busheleihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | bushel | bushelit | |
accusative | nom. | bushel | bushelit |
gen. | bushelin | ||
genitive | bushelin | bushelien busheleiden busheleitten | |
partitive | bushelia | busheleita busheleja | |
inessive | bushelissa | busheleissa | |
elative | bushelista | busheleista | |
illative | busheliin | busheleihin | |
adessive | bushelilla | busheleilla | |
ablative | bushelilta | busheleilta | |
allative | bushelille | busheleille | |
essive | bushelina | busheleina | |
translative | busheliksi | busheleiksi | |
abessive | bushelitta | busheleitta | |
instructive | — | bushelein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
bushel m (definite singularbushelen,indefinite pluralbushelorbushels,definite pluralbushelene)
Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishbushel.
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | bushel | bushelul | busheli | bushelii | |
genitive-dative | bushel | bushelului | busheli | bushelilor | |
vocative | bushelule | bushelilor |