бости

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bosti.

Verb

бости • (bosti) impf

1. to pierce

Conjugation

Conjugation of бости (class IA1, transitive)

infinitive supine verbal noun бости bosti бостъ bostŭ бодениѥ bodenije participles1 present past active бодꙑ body бодъ bodŭ passive бодомъ bodomŭ боденъ bodenŭ l-participle masculine neuter feminine singular болъ bolŭ боло bolo бола bola dual бола bola болѣ bolě болѣ bolě plural боли boli бола bola болꙑ boly present imperfect imperative singular 1st бодѫ bodǫ бодѣахъ boděaxŭ — 2nd бодеши bodeši бодѣаше boděaše боди bodi 3rd бодетъ bodetŭ бодѣаше boděaše боди bodi dual 1st бодевѣ bodevě бодѣаховѣ boděaxově бодѣве boděve 2nd бодета bodeta бодѣашета boděašeta бодѣта boděta 3rd бодете, бодета bodete, bodeta бодѣашете, бодѣашета boděašete, boděašeta — plural 1st бодемъ bodemŭ бодѣахомъ boděaxomŭ бодѣмъ boděmŭ 2nd бодете bodete бодѣашете boděašete бодѣте boděte 3rd бодѫтъ bodǫtŭ бодѣахѫ boděaxǫ — ox-aorist6 s-aorist7 singular 1st бодохъ bodoxŭ басъ basŭ 2nd боде bode боде bode 3rd боде bode боде bode dual 1st бодоховѣ bodoxově басовѣ basově 2nd бодоста bodosta баста basta 3rd бодосте, бодоста bodoste, bodosta басте, баста baste, basta plural 1st бодохомъ bodoxomŭ басомъ basomŭ 2nd бодосте bodoste басте baste 3rd бодошѧ bodošę басѧ basę compound forms perfect2 Use the l-participle of бости and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → болъ ѥстъ pluperfect2 Use the l-participle of бости and the imperfective aorist or imperfect3 tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → болъ бѣ/бѣаше future Use the infinitive of бости and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти e.g. third-person singular → иматъ/хощетъ/начьнетъ/въчьнетъ бости future perfect2, 4 Use the l-participle of бости and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → болъ бѫдетъ conditional2 Use the l-participle of бости and the conditional mood5 or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → болъ би/бꙑ

¹ For declension of participles, see their entries.
² Except first/second-person neuter.
³ Third-person only.
⁴ Attested only in a few instances.
⁵ The dual forms are unattested.
⁶ Also called a new aorist.
⁷ Also called a sigmatic aorist.

This table shows the normalized inflected forms of бости. Some forms may be based on conjecture. See also Old Church Slavonic grammar § Verbs on WikipediaWikipedia .

Derived terms

• избости (izbosti)
• пробости (probosti)
• събости (sŭbosti)

Descendants

• Bulgarian: бода (boda)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: бо̀сти

  Latin script: bòsti

• Slovene: bosti

Further reading

• “бости”, in GORAZD [Old Church Slavonic Digital Hub], http://gorazd.org, 2016—2026
• “бости”, in Исторически речник на българския език [Historical Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky", 2011–2022

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bosti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǒsti/
• Hyphenation: бо‧сти

Verb

бо̀сти impf (Latin spelling bòsti)

1. (transitive) to stab
2. (transitive) to sting, prick

Conjugation

Conjugation of бости

infinitive		бости
present verbal adverb		бо̀дӯћи
past verbal adverb		бо̑вши
verbal noun		бо̀де̄ње
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		бо̀де̄м	бо̀де̄ш	бо̀де̄	боде́мо	боде́те	бо̀дӯ
future	future I	бо̀ст ћу1 бо̀шћу	бо̀ст ћеш1 бо̀шћеш	бо̀ст ће1 бо̀шће	бо̀ст ћемо1 бо̀шћемо	бо̀ст ћете1 бо̀шћете	бо̀ст ће̄1 бо̀шћē
	future II	бу̏де̄м бо̑2	бу̏де̄ш бо̑2	бу̏де̄ бо̑2	бу̏де̄мо бо̀ли2	бу̏де̄те бо̀ли2	бу̏дӯ бо̀ли2
past	perfect	бо̑ сам2	бо̑ си2	бо̑ је2	бо̀ли смо2	бо̀ли сте2	бо̀ли су2
	pluperfect3	би̏о сам бо̑2	би̏о си бо̑2	би̏о је бо̑2	би́ли смо бо̀ли2	би́ли сте бо̀ли2	би́ли су бо̀ли2
	aorist	бо̀дох	бо̏де	бо̏де	бо̀досмо	бо̀досте	бо̀доше
	imperfect	бо̀дија̄х	бо̀дија̄ше	бо̀дија̄ше	бо̀дија̄смо	бо̀дија̄сте	бо̀дија̄ху
conditional	conditional I	бо̑ бих2	бо̑ би2	бо̑ би2	бо̀ли бисмо2	бо̀ли бисте2	бо̀ли би2
	conditional II4	би̏о бих бо̑2	би̏о би бо̑2	би̏о би бо̑2	би́ли бисмо бо̀ли2	би́ли бисте бо̀ли2	би́ли би бо̀ли2
imperative		—	бо̀ди	—	бо̀димо	бо̀дите	—
active past participle		бо̑ m / бо̀ла f / бо̀ло n			бо̀ли m / бо̀ле f / бо̀ла n
passive past participle		бо̀ден m / бодѐна f / бодѐно n			бодѐни m / бодѐне f / бодѐна n

¹   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
²   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
³   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (“to be”) is routinely dropped.
⁴   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (“to be”) is routinely dropped.
  *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

• забо̀сти
• избо̀сти
• набо̀сти
• обо̀сти
• побо̀сти
• подбо̀сти
• прибо̀сти
• пробо̀сти
• убо̀сти

Further reading

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