hoj

See also: höj and høj

Translingual

Symbol

hoj

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Hadoti.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Hadoti terms

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦoj]
• Rhymes: -oj

Verb

hoj

1. second-person singular imperative pf of hojit

Anagrams

• jho

Esperanto

Etymology

From German hoi, Yiddish הוי (hoy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hoi̯/
• Rhymes: -oi̯
• Syllabification: hoj

Interjection

hoj

1. hey, ahoy (calling attention)

Old Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷoyh₃-o-s

Proto-Balto-Slavic *gajas

Proto-Slavic *gojь

Old Czech hoj

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gojь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈɣoj/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈɦoj/

Noun

hoj m inan

1. abundance

Declension

Declension of hoj (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	hoj	hojě	hoji, hojové
genitive	hojě	hojú	hojóv
dative	hoju	hojoma	hojóm
accusative	hoj	hojě	hojě
vocative	hoju	hojě	hoji, hojové
locative	hoji, hoju	hojú	hojích
instrumental	hojem	hojoma	hoji

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Derived terms

• hojný

Descendants

• Czech: hoj

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “hoj”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Contraction of hoćeš.

Contraction

hoj (Cyrillic spelling хој)

1. (colloquial, Montenegro) You want.

Usage notes

• hoj is only used informally (with friends and family).

Swedish

Etymology 1

From English hoy, used in Swedish since 1768, first spelled hoy, and since 1883 hoj.

Noun

hoj c

1. (obsolete) hoy, a (coastal) sailing ship
2. (obsolete) decommissioned ship, used for housing, storage, as a hospital, etc.

Declension

Declension of hoj

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	hoj	hojs
	definite	hojen	hojens
plural	indefinite	hojar	hojars
	definite	hojarna	hojarnas

Etymology 2

Used in Swedish since 1910, probably from slang used among criminals.

Noun

hoj c

1. (slang) motorcycle

   Synonyms: båge, knarr, mc, (neutral) motorcykel

2. (slang) bicycle

   Synonyms: båge, (neutral) cykel, (Ostrobothnia) ped, stålhäst, tramphoj, (archaic) velociped

Declension

Declension of hoj

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	hoj	hojs
	definite	hojen	hojens
plural	indefinite	hojar	hojars
	definite	hojarna	hojarnas

Related terms

• hoja

References

• “hoj”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “hoj”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Zhuang

Etymology

From Chinese 苦 (MC khuX).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ho˥/
• Tone numbers: ho³
• Hyphenation: hoj

Adjective

hoj (1957–1982 spelling hoз)

1. difficult