boj

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Metaphoric use of boj (to drive) (see dëboj), from Proto-Albanian *bāgnja, related to Lithuanian běgti (to run), Latvian bêgt (id.), Old Prussian begeyte (id.) and Greek φέβομαι (févomai, to be put to flight, flee). Usually attested in the passive form bohet.[1]

Verb[edit]

boj (aorist bova, participle buar)

  1. to mate

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 30

Czech[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈboj]
  • (file)

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Old Czech boj, from Proto-Slavic *bojь.

Noun[edit]

boj m inan

  1. fight
Declension[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

boj

  1. second-person singular imperative of bát

Further reading[edit]

  • boj in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • boj in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • boj in Internetová jazyková příručka

Esperanto[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

boj

  1. bark of a dog; woof!

Related terms[edit]

  • boji (to bark)

Lower Sorbian[edit]

Verb[edit]

boj

  1. Superseded spelling of bój.

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bojь.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bȏj m (Cyrillic spelling бо̑ј)

  1. battle

Declension[edit]

Slovak[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bojь.

Noun[edit]

boj m inan

  1. fight, battle, conflict
  2. struggle, a great effort to achieve something

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • boj”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Catalan boix, from Latin buxus, from Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos). Compare the inherited regional doublet bujo.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbox/ [ˈbox]
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ox
  • Syllabification: boj

Noun[edit]

boj m (plural bojes)

  1. box (tree), boxwood

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German boie or Middle Dutch boeye, from Old French buie (fetter, chain), itself of Germanic origin, from Frankish *baukn (symbol, sign).

Noun[edit]

boj c

  1. buoy; a moored float
  2. baize (textile, a woolen stuff)

Usage notes[edit]

The textile (definition 2) has previously been neuter gender, but has been masculine (and common gender) since the 1st edition of SAOL (1874)

Declension[edit]

Declension of boj 1
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative boj bojen bojar bojarna
Genitive bojs bojens bojars bojarnas
Declension of boj 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative boj bojen bojer bojerna
Genitive bojs bojens bojers bojernas

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