The word "boa" has traditionally two meanings.The first is a large snake from the clan of boas, which feeds on small animals, swallowing them completely. The second meaning of the word is a long fluffy fur scarf or a cape for women. The latter is the most common in the Russian language.
This word comes from the Latin language andliterally translated as a water snake. The genus of the word "boa" is male or medium. Everything depends on the meaning. At the moment this word is used as a designation of an animal from the class of reptiles, and as the name of a female accessory, for example, an ostrich boa. The genus of the noun is masculine, if we speak of the name of the boa constrictor.
If we are talking about a scarf, then it is permissibletwo options for the word "boa". The genus of the noun in this case is average, but use is also permissible in the male. This noun can be depending on the meaning of both animate and inanimate. This word refers to the zero type of declension according to the typology of philologist A. Zaliznyak. That is, it does not lean on cases, since it is borrowed from the French language, from which it fell into Russian. The word "boa" does not have a plural. The genus of the noun, therefore, is quite simple to remember.
The feather cap was first used inas an addition and decoration of the image from about the beginning of the nineteenth century. Basically it was the clothes of aristocrats and elite. Boa entered and went out of fashion for many eras. This scarf had a reputation for elegance, but was also sometimes seen as a very mannered and vulgar garment.
Historical era, when the cape of feathers was at the peak of popularity:
Artists have long used this accessory as apart of its image. Boa was worn by the following famous personalities: dancer Isadora Duncan, singer Shirley Bessie, actors Mae West and Jesse Ventura, Hollywood superstars Billy Graham and Hulk Hogan. American singers Scott Weiland, Celia Cruz, Cher, Mark Bolan, Gerard Way, Elton John and many other artists also gave their preference to the ostrich scarf. This accessory looks stylish today and gives its owner a special charm.
