бос

See also: боҫ and Appendix:Variations of "bos"

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɔs]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ɔs

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bosъ.

Adjective

бос • (bos) (diminutive бо́сичък)

1. barefoot
2. (figurative, colloquial) untrained

Declension

Declension of бос (no comparative)

	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
indefinite	бос bos	бо́са bósa	бо́со bóso	бо́си bósi
definite (subject form)	бо́сият bósijat	бо́сата bósata	бо́сото bósoto	бо́сите bósite
definite (object form)	бо́сия bósija

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English boss.

Noun

бос • (bos) m

1. boss, chief

   Synonym: шеф (šef)

Declension

Declension of бос

	singular	plural
indefinite	бос bos	бо́сове bósove
definite (subject form)	бо́сът bósăt	бо́совете bósovete
definite (object form)	бо́са bósa
vocative form	бо́се bóse	бо́сове bósove

References

• “бос”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “бос”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “бос”, in ЛексИт [LexIt] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Chechen

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *bos. Cognates include Bats ბოს (bos) and Ingush бос (bos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu̯os/

Noun

бос • (bos) class bd

1. color

Declension

Declension of бос

	singular	plural
nominative	бос (bos)	беснаш (besnaš)
genitive	бесан (besan)	беснийн (besniı̇n)
dative	басна (basna)	беснашна (besnašna)
ergative	басо̄ (basoo)	беснаша (besnaša)
allative	басе̄ (basee)	беснашка (besnaška)
instrumental	басца (basca)	беснашца (besnašca)
lative	басах (basax)	беснех (besnex)
comparative	басал (basal)	беснел (besnel)

References

• Nichols, Johanna; Vagapov, Arbi (2004), “бос”, in Chechen–English and English–Chechen Dictionary, London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, page 61a

Ingush

Noun

бос • (bos) class ?

1. color

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	بوس
Cyrillic	бос
Latin	bos

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *boĺ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bos/, [b̥o̞s]

Adjective

бос • (bos)

1. empty
2. free, vacant, unoccupied
3. unwired
4. worthless
5. weak-willed

Antonyms

• толы (toly)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɔs]
• Homophone: боз (boz)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bosъ.

Adjective

бос • (bos) (not comparable, diminutive босичок, abstract noun босота or босотија)

1. barefoot, unshod

   Synonyms: босоног (bosonog), необуен (neobuen)

   Antonym: обуен (obuen)

2. unshod (of horses)

   Synonym: непоткован (nepotkovan)

   Antonym: поткован (potkovan)

Declension

Declension of бос

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	бос (bos)	боса (bosa)	босо (boso)	боси (bosi)
definite unspecified	босиот (bosiot)	босата (bosata)	босото (bosoto)	босите (bosite)
definite proximal	босиов (bosiov)	босава (bosava)	босово (bosovo)	босиве (bosive)
definite distal	босион (bosion)	босана (bosana)	босоно (bosono)	босине (bosine)

Related terms

• набосо (naboso)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English boss, from Dutch baas (“master”).

Noun

бос • (bos) m (plural босови)

1. (colloquial) boss, chief

Declension

Declension of бос

	singular	plural
indefinite	бос (bos)	босови (bosovi)
definite unspecified	босот (bosot)	босовите (bosovite)
definite proximal	босов (bosov)	босовиве (bosovive)
definite distal	босон (boson)	босовине (bosovine)
vocative	босу (bosu)	босови (bosovi)
count form	—	боса (bosa)

References

• Koneski, Kiril (1999), “бос”, in Правописен речник на македонскиот литературен јазик (Pravopisen rečnik na makedonskiot literaturen jazik) [Orthographic Dictionary of the Macedonian literary language] (in Macedonian), "Prosvetno delo", page 30
• “бос” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Nivkh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bos/

Noun

бос (bos)

1. lenited form of пос (pos) Occurs after nasals and vowels

Nogai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *boĺ. Cognate to Karakalpak bos, etc.

Adjective

бос • (bos)

1. empty

References

• N. A. Baskakov, S.A Kalmykov, editor (1963), “бос”, in Nogajsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Nogai-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: karačajevo-čerkesskij naučno- issledovatelʹskij institut jazyka, literatury i istorii, →ISBN

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bos]

Adjective

бос • (bos)

1. short masculine singular of босо́й (bosój)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bosъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bôːs/

Adjective

бо̑с (Latin spelling bȏs, definite бо̑сӣ)

1. barefoot

Declension

indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		бос	боса	босо
genitive		боса	босе	боса
dative		босу	босој	босу
accusative	inanimate animate	бос боса	босу	босо
vocative		бос	боса	босо
locative		босу	босој	босу
instrumental		босим	босом	босим
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		боси	босе	боса
genitive		босих	босих	босих
dative		босим(а)	босим(а)	босим(а)
accusative		босе	босе	боса
vocative		боси	босе	боса
locative		босим(а)	босим(а)	босим(а)
instrumental		босим(а)	босим(а)	босим(а)

definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		боси	боса	босо
genitive		босог(а)	босе	босог(а)
dative		босом(у/е)	босој	босом(у/е)
accusative	inanimate animate	боси босог(а)	босу	босо
vocative		боси	боса	босо
locative		босом(е/у)	босој	босом(е/у)
instrumental		босим	босом	босим
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		боси	босе	боса
genitive		босих	босих	босих
dative		босим(а)	босим(а)	босим(а)
accusative		босе	босе	боса
vocative		боси	босе	боса
locative		босим(а)	босим(а)	босим(а)
instrumental		босим(а)	босим(а)	босим(а)

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *boŕ (“gray”). Cognate with Kazakh боз (boz), Kyrgyz боз (boz), Crimean Tatar boz, Kumyk боз (boz), Azerbaijani boz, Turkish boz, Northern Altai пус (pus), etc.

Adjective

бос • (bos)

1. gray

Derived terms

• ак-бос (ak-bos, adjective)
• кара-бос (kara-bos, adjective)
• кӧк-бос (kök-bos, adjective)

References

Čumakajev, A. E., editor (2018), “бос”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN

L. T. Rjumina-Syrkaševa, editor (1995), “бос”, in Teleutsko-russkij slovarʹ [Teleut–Russian Dictionary], Kemerovo: N. A. Kučigaševa, →ISBN

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from English boss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɔs]

• Audio:

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Noun

бос • (bos) m pers (genitive бо́са, nominative plural бо́си, genitive plural бо́сів)

1. boss

Declension

Declension of бос
(pers hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	бос bos	бо́си bósy
genitive	бо́са bósa	бо́сів bósiv
dative	бо́сові, бо́су bósovi, bósu	бо́сам bósam
accusative	бо́са bósa	бо́сів bósiv
instrumental	бо́сом bósom	бо́сами bósamy
locative	бо́сові, бо́сі bósovi, bósi	бо́сах bósax
vocative	бо́се bóse	бо́си bósy

Further reading

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “бос”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “бос”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]
• “бос”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua]‎^[2]