Бог

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bog"

Bulgarian

Etymology

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Proto-Slavic *bogъ

Old Church Slavonic богъ (bogŭ)

Bulgarian бог (bog)

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Latin Deussl.

Bulgarian Бог

From бог (bog). Semantic loan from Latin Deus to show reverence, akin to English God.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɔk]

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• Rhymes: -ɔk
• Homophones: бог (bog), бок (bok)

Proper noun

Бог • (Bog) m (relational adjective Бо́жий)

1. God (single deity of monotheism)

Declension

Declension of Бог

	singular
indefinite	Бог Bog
definite (subject form)	Бо́гът Bógăt
definite (object form)	Бо́га Bóga
vocative form	Бо́же Bóže
dative form	Бо́гу Bógu

See also

• Го́спод m (Góspod)
• Алла́х m (Alláh)

Macedonian

Etymology

See бог (bog).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɔk]

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• Hyphenation: Бог
• Homophones: бог (bog), бок (bok)
• Rhymes: -ɔk

Proper noun

Бог • (Bog) m (relational adjective Божји, vocative Боже)

1. God (single deity of monotheism)

See also

• Господ m (Gospod)
• Алах m (Alah)

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

From бог (boh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɔx]
• Rhymes: -ɔx
• Hyphenation: Бог
• Homophone: бог (boh)

Proper noun

Бог (Boh) m pers (relational adjective богов or божи or боски)

1. God (single deity of monotheism)

   Synonym: Всемогущи (Vsemohušči)

Declension

Declension of Бог (Boh)

	singular	plural
nominative	Бог (Boh)	—
genitive	Бога (Boha)	—
dative	Богови / Богу (Bohovi / Bohu)	—
accusative	Бога (Boha)	—
instrumental	Богом (Bohom)	—
locative	Богови / Богу (Bohovi / Bohu)	—
vocative	Боже (Bože)	—

References

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “Бог/бог”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 61
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “God”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 127

Russian

Alternative forms

• Богъ (Box) — pre-1918 spelling
• Б-г (B-g) — Judaism

Etymology

See бог (box).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [box] (phonetic respelling: Бох)

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• (rare) IPA^(key): [bok]

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• In the nominative singular in monotheistic contexts, the word is usually pronounced /box/ due to Church Slavonic influence. The regular pronunciation /bok/ is used only rarely (mostly for pagan deities) and is therefore not recommended. In all other case forms, the regular /ɡ/ is now more common, though /ɣ/ was formerly used.
• Rhymes: -ox, -ok

Proper noun

Бог • (Box) m anim (genitive Бо́га)

1. God (in monotheistic religions)

   с на́ми Бог ― s námi Box ― God is with us

   В нача́ле сотвори́л Бог не́бо и зе́млю. ― V načále sotvoríl Box nébo i zémlju. ― In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

   Бо́же, царя́ храни́! ― Bóže, carjá xraní! ― God save the czar!

Usage notes

• God is addressed (vocative: Бо́же) with the informal ты (ty), not the formal вы (vy), and verb imperatives in singular (дай (daj), сохрани́ (soxraní), храни́ (xraní)).

Declension

Declension of Бог^△ (anim sg-only masc-form velar-stem accent-e irreg) 

	singular
nominative	Бо́г△ Bóx△
genitive	Бо́га Bóga
dative	Бо́гу Bógu
accusative	Бо́га Bóga
instrumental	Бо́гом Bógom
prepositional	Бо́ге Bóge
vocative	Бо́же Bóže

^△ Irregular.

Derived terms

• Бо́же (Bóže)

Related terms

• с нами Бог (s nami Bog)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bogъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bôːɡ/

Proper noun

Бо̑г m anim (Latin spelling Bȏg)

1. God

   Нек ти драги Бог да здравље! ― May the good God grant you health!

   • 1847, Вук Стефановић Караџић, “Luke 1: 5-12”, in Serbian Translation of the Bible:

     А бијаху обоје праведни и пред Богом, и живљаху у свему по заповијестима и уредбама Господњијем без мане.

     And they were both righteous before God, and lived in all ways according to all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

   • 1879, Л. Лазаревић, Први пут с оцем на јутрење:

     Моја мати клону крај ковчега и онесвести се. Сестра врисну. Ја скоичих из постеље. И Ђокица скочи. Седосмо доле на патос крај ње, љубисмо јој руку. Она метну руку на моју главу и шапуташе нешто. Онда скочи, упали свитац, па прижеже кандило пред светим Ђорђем. – Одите, децо, молите се Богу да нас избави од напасти – рече она. Глас јој звони као звоно, а очи светле као вечерњача на небу.

     Mother collapsed by the chest and fell into a swoon. Sister screamed. I jumped out of bed, and Đokica did too. We sat down on the floor by her, and kissed her hand. She put her hand on my head and whispered something. Then she leapt up, kindled a brand and lit the lamp before the icon of St. George. “Come, children, and pray to God to deliver us from temptation,” she said. Her voice rang out like a bell, and her eyes shone like the evening star in the heavens.

Declension

Declension of Бог

	singular
nominative	Бо̑г
genitive	Бога
dative	Богу
accusative	Бога
vocative	Бо̏же
locative	Богу
instrumental	Богом

Derived terms

• бо̑г
• бого̀вскӣ
• божа̀нство
• бо̏жјӣ
• богосло̄вље

Related terms

• бо̀гат

References

• “Бог”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026