*bausuz

Runic: ᛒᚨᚢᛊᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈbɑu̯.suz/

adjective · u-stem

Meanings

inflated; swollen
puffed up; proud; arrogant
bad

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰowHs-o-s, from marginally attested root *bʰewHs- (‘to blow, inflate, swell’) of apparent onomatopoeic origin, which (Kroonen 2013) compares with Russian бу́хнуть (búxnutʹ, ‘to swell up’), Kashubian bucha (‘pride, haughtiness’).

Declension

Strong declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	bausuz	bausī	bausų, -jatō	bausijai	bausijôz	bausijō
Acc.	bausijanǭ	bausijǭ	bausų, -jatō	bausijanz	bausijōz	bausijō
Gen.	bausijas, bausīs	bausijaizōz	bausijas, bausīs	bausijaizǫ̂	bausijaizǫ̂	bausijaizǫ̂
Dat.	bausijammai	bausijaizōi	bausijammai	bausijaimaz	bausijaimaz	bausijaimaz
Inst.	bausijanō	bausijaizō	bausijanō	bausijaimiz	bausijaimiz	bausijaimiz

Weak declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	bausijô	bausijǭ	bausijô	bausijaniz	bausijōniz	bausijōnō
Acc.	bausijanų	bausijōnų	bausijô	bausijanunz	bausijōnunz	bausijōnō
Gen.	bausīniz	bausijōniz	bausīniz	bausijanǫ̂	bausijōnǫ̂	bausijanǫ̂
Dat.	bausīni	bausijōni	bausīni	bausijammaz	bausijōmaz	bausijammaz
Inst.	bausīnē	bausijōnē	bausīnē	bausijammiz	bausijōmiz	bausijammiz

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Descendants

*bausī (Proto-West Germanic)
- bōsi (Old Dutch)
  - bôse (Middle Dutch)
    - boos (Dutch)
      - boos (Afrikaans)
*bausī (Proto-West Germanic)
- bōsi, pōsi (Old High German)
  - bōse (Middle High German)
    - böse (German)
    - béis (Luxembourgish)
    - בייז (beyz) (Yiddish)
*bausī (Proto-West Germanic)
- bōsi, pōsi (Old High German)
  - bōse (Middle High German)
    - bös (Alemannic German)
      - béés, béas (Swabian)
*bausī (Proto-West Germanic)
- bōsi, pōsi (Old High German)
  - bōse (Middle High German)
    - bees (Bavarian)
*bausī (Proto-West Germanic)
- bōsi (Old Saxon)
  - bōse (Middle Low German)
    - böös (Low German)
*bausī (Proto-West Germanic)
- bōsi (Old Saxon)
  - bōse (Middle Low German)
    - bose (Old Frisian)
      - boas, boase (West Frisian)
*bausī (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bausia, *bosius, *bōsia (Vulgar Latin)
  - boise, boisie (Old French)
    - bosse, bōtze (Middle Low German)
*bausī (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bausia, *bosius, *bōsia (Vulgar Latin)
  - boise, boisie (Old French)
    - posse (Middle High German)
      - Posse (German)
*bauss, *beyss (Old Norse)
- baus, bos, bys (Norwegian)
- bost (Old French)
*bauss, *beyss (Old Norse)
- bosten (Middle English)
  - boast (English)
  - bost, boist (Scots)

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