болох

From Proto-Mongolic *bol- (“to become”).

Akin to Proto-Turkic *bōl- (“to become”), compare Turkmen bōlmak (“to become”), Turkish olmak (“to become, happen”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

• IPA^(key): /pɔɮəx/
• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔ̙ɮɞ̙χ]

болох • (bolox) (causative болгох)

1. to become
2. to occur, to happen
3. to be done, to be ready, to ripen
4. to fit, to be acceptable, will do, to be allowed, to be enough, to be okay
5. (with noun in instrumental) to comply with, to follow
6. to be (of time)
7. (in adjectival clauses) to be
8. (after байх (bajx)) indicates future tense after periphrastic aspectual constructions

   тэр уншиж байх болно

   ter unšiž bajx bolno

   She will be reading

   би архи уухгүй байсаар байх болно

   bi arxi uuxgüj bajsaar bajx bolno

   I will not have been drinking liquor

9. (after verb in -ж (-ž)) to be allowed to, to be possible to
10. (after verb in -х (-x)) for time to come to, to be decided to, to be expected that, will
11. (after -даг (-dag)) to start (to do habitually)
12. (after verb in -хаар (-xaar)) to begin to
13. (after verb in -сан (-san)) to do partially or unwillingly, to pretend
14. (after verb in -гч (-gč)) to pretend

Negative forms:

• Present: болохгүй (boloxgüj)
• Present habitual: болдоггүй (boldoggüj)
• Past: болоогүй (boloogüj)
• бололгүй (bololgüj)

Other forms:

• Conditional: болбол (bolbol, “if (it) become”)
• Causative: болгох (bolgox, “to cause to become; to cause, make”)
• Desiderative: болмоор (bolmoor, “want to become”)
• Concessive: боловч (bolovč, “though (it) become”)
• Benedictive: бологтун (bologtun, “please (be so kind as to) become”)
• бололтой (bololtoj, “should become; will probably become”)
• Communal: бололцох (bololcox, “to become (together); to help to become”)
• болонгуут (bolonguut, “as soon as becoming”)
• болоод (bolood, “having become”)
• болоорой (bolooroj, “please become”)
• болоосой (boloosoj, “wish (it) would become; would that (it) could become”)
• болооч (bolooč, “becomeǃ”)
• болох вий (bolox vii, “in case (it) become; may become”)
• болохлоор (boloxloor, “when becoming”)
• болоход (boloxod, “when becoming; while becoming”)
• Collective: болоцгоох (bolocgoox, “to become (collectively)”)
• болсоор (bolsoor, “since becoming; still becoming”)
• Terminative: болтол (boltol, “until becoming; when sb. became (expressing surprise)”)
• болтугай (boltugaj, “let it become”)
• болуузай (boluuzaj, “in case (it) become; may become”)
• Causative: болуулах (boluulax, “to cause to become”) (rare)

• болбол (bolbol)
  • бол (bol)
• бололтой (bololtoj, “seems that”)
• аль болох (alʹ bolox, “as...as possible”)
• боломж (bolomž, “possibility”)
• боловч (bolovč, “although”)
• боловсрох (bolovsrox, “to ripen”)
• болгох (bolgox, “make into”)