bok

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See also: Bok, bök, bók, and bøk

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Afrikaans bok

Adjective[edit]

bok

  1. (South Africa, slang) keen or willing.
    "Do you want to go to the movies?" "Ja, I'm bok."

Etymology 2[edit]

Imitative.

Interjection[edit]

bok

  1. The clucking sound of a chicken.
    • 2000, William S Pollack, Todd Shuster, Real boys' voices
      And he says, "Chicken! Bok bok bok bok!" One time I got up and put the controller down and we started fighting.
    • 2004, Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle, An introduction to literature, criticism and theory
      So the librarian gives the chicken a book. The chicken goes away, but comes back the next day, goes up to the librarian's desk and says: 'Bok, bok!'

Anagrams[edit]

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch bok (“goat”).

Noun[edit]

bok (plural bokke, diminutive bokkie)

  1. goat
  2. antelope, buck
  3. (slang) also bokkie My lover.
  4. vaulting-horse
  5. blunder
Synonyms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bok (attributive bokke, comparative bokker, superlative bokste)

  1. keen, willing

Choctaw[edit]

Noun[edit]

bok

  1. creek, stream
  2. river

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *bokъ.

Noun[edit]

bok m

  1. side
  2. flank
  3. (anatomy) hip

Declension[edit]

Declension
singular plural
nominative bok boky
genitive boku boků
dative boku bokům
accusative bok boky
vocative boku boky
locative boku bocích
instrumental bokem boky

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • bok in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • bok in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch boc, from Old Dutch buk, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz.

Noun[edit]

bok m (plural bokken, diminutive bokje n)

  1. male goat, buck, billy
    Synonyms: geitenbok
  2. (gymnastics) vaulting horse
  3. a crane on legs
  4. box, perch (driver's seat on a carriage)
  5. (printing) job case, type case
  6. sawbuck, buck
    Synonyms: zaagbok
  7. (pejorative) churl, grouch
  8. (pejorative) oaf, bumpkin
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Non-lemma forms.

Verb[edit]

bok

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bokken
  2. imperative of bokken

Lower Sorbian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *bokъ. Cognate with Upper Sorbian bok, Polish bok, Czech bok, Russian бок (bok), and Serbo-Croatian bȍk.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bok m

  1. side (bounding straight edge of an object; flat surface of an object; left or right half; surface of a sheet of paper)
  2. page (one side of a leaf of a book)
  3. (chiefly in the dual) breast (organs on the front of a woman’s chest, which contain the mammary glands)

Declension[edit]

Declension of bok
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative bok boka boki
Genitive boka bokowu bokow
Dative bokoju bokoma bokam
Accusative bok boka boki
Instrumental bokom bokoma bokami
Locative boku bokoma bokach
  • Alternative locative singular: boce

Synonyms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • bok in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
  • bok in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Marshallese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • MED phonemes: {bẹkʷ}
  • IPA phonemes: /pˠɘkʷ/
  • IPA articulation: [pˠɤ͡okʷ]


Noun[edit]

bok

  1. blister
  2. chicken pox

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • MED phonemes: {bẹkʷ}
  • IPA phonemes: /pˠɘkʷ/
  • IPA articulation: [pˠɤ͡okʷ]


Noun[edit]

bok

  1. bladder

Etymology 3[edit]

From English book.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • MED phonemes: {bẹkʷ}
  • IPA phonemes: /pˠɘkʷ/
  • IPA articulation: [pˠɤ͡okʷ]


Noun[edit]

bok

  1. book

Etymology 4[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • MED phonemes: {bekʷ}
  • IPA phonemes: /pˠɜkʷ/
  • IPA articulation: [pˠʌ͡ɔkʷ]


Noun[edit]

bok

  1. sand
  2. sandspit
  3. sandbar

References[edit]

Middle Low German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Saxon bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Noun[edit]

bôk n

  1. book
  2. beechnut

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

bok f, m (definite singular boka or boken, indefinite plural bøker, definite plural bøkene)

  1. a book

Derived terms[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Noun[edit]

bok f, m (definite singular boka or boken, indefinite plural boker, definite plural bokene)

  1. a beech (tree). Alternative form of bøk.

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōks. Akin to English book.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bok f (definite singular boka, indefinite plural bøker, definite plural bøkene)

  1. a book

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *bōks, whence also Old English bōc, Old Frisian bōk, Old High German buoh, Old Norse bók.

Noun[edit]

bōk f

  1. book

Declension[edit]

Declension of bōk (feminine i-stem)
singular plural
nominative bōk bōki
accusative bōk bōki
genitive bōki bōkiō
dative bōki bōkium
instrumental — —


Descendants[edit]

Old Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Noun[edit]

bōk f

  1. book

Declension[edit]

Declension of bōk (consonant stem)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bōk bōkin bø̄ker bø̄krina(r), -rena(r)
accusative bōk bōkina, -ena bø̄ker bø̄krina(r), -rena(r)
dative bōk bōkinni, -inne bōkum, -om bōkumin, -omen
genitive bōka(r) bōkinna(r) bōka bōkanna

Descendants[edit]

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *bokъ

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bok m inan

  1. side
    Synonyms: strona

Declension[edit]

declension of bok
singular plural
nominative bok boki
genitive boku boków
dative bokowi bokom
accusative bok boki
instrumental bokiem bokami
locative boku bokach
vocative boku boki

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • bok in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *bokъ.

Noun[edit]

bȍk m (Cyrillic spelling бо̏к)

  1. side
    bok uz bok ― side by side
  2. flank
Declension[edit]
Declension of bok
singular plural
nominative bok bokovi
genitive boka bokova
dative boku bokovima
accusative bok bokove
vocative boku bokovi
locative boku bokovima
instrumental bokom bokovima

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *bogъ. Other fringe theories exist but are largely unsupported.

Alternative forms[edit]

Interjection[edit]

bok (Cyrillic spelling бок)

  1. (Croatia) hi
  2. (Croatia) bye
Synonyms[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish bōk, from Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōks, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bok c

  1. book:
    1. collection of sheets of paper
    2. a work of literature
    3. a major division of a published work
  2. beech

Declension[edit]

Declension of bok 1
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bok boken böcker böckerna
genitive boks bokens böckers böckernas
Declension of bok 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bok boken bokar bokarna
Genitive boks bokens bokars bokarnas

Derived terms[edit]

book
beech

References[edit]

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Turkic bok, from Proto-Turkic *bok (“dirt, dung”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bok (definite accusative boku, plural boklar)

  1. shit (solid excretory product evacuated from the bowel)

Derived terms[edit]

Declension[edit]

declension of bok
singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) bok boklar
definite accusative (belirtme) boku bokları
dative (yönelme) boka boklara
locative (bulunma) bokta boklarda
ablative (ayrılma) boktan boklardan
genitive (tamlayan) bokun bokların
possessive forms of bok
benim (my) singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) bokum boklarım
definite accusative (belirtme) bokumu boklarımı
dative (yönelme) bokuma boklarıma
locative (bulunma) bokumda boklarımda
ablative (çıkma) bokumdan boklarımdan
genitive (tamlayan) bokumun boklarımın
senin (your) singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) bokun bokların
definite accusative (belirtme) bokunu boklarını
dative (yönelme) bokuna boklarına
locative (bulunma) bokunda boklarında
ablative (çıkma) bokundan boklarından
genitive (tamlayan) bokunun boklarının
onun (her/his/its) singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) boku bokları
definite accusative (belirtme) bokunu boklarını
dative (yönelme) bokuna boklarına
locative (bulunma) bokunda boklarında
ablative (çıkma) bokundan boklarından
genitive (tamlayan) bokunun boklarının
bizim (our) singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) bokumuz boklarımız
definite accusative (belirtme) bokumuzu boklarımızı
dative (yönelme) bokumuza boklarımıza
locative (bulunma) bokumuzda boklarımızda
ablative (çıkma) bokumuzdan boklarımızdan
genitive (tamlayan) bokumuzun boklarımızın
sizin (your) singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) bokunuz boklarınız
definite accusative (belirtme) bokunuzu boklarınızı
dative (yönelme) bokunuza boklarınıza
locative (bulunma) bokunuzda boklarınızda
ablative (çıkma) bokunuzdan boklarınızdan
genitive (tamlayan) bokunuzun boklarınızın
onların (their) singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) bokları bokları
definite accusative (belirtme) boklarını boklarını
dative (yönelme) boklarına boklarına
locative (bulunma) boklarında boklarında
ablative (çıkma) boklarından boklarından
genitive (tamlayan) boklarının boklarının

Volapük[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bok (plural boks)

  1. box

Declension[edit]

declension of bok
singular plural
nominative bok boks
genitive boka bokas
dative boke bokes
accusative boki bokis
predicative boku bokus
vocative o bok! o boks!

Derived terms[edit]

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