boiar

boiar (plural boiars)

1. Archaic form of boyar.

• “boiar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Boria, bario-

Ultimately from Russian боя́рин (bojárin).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [buˈjar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [boˈja]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [boˈjaɾ]

boiar m (plural boiars)

1. boyar

From boia +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [buˈja]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [boˈja]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [boˈjaɾ]

boiar (first-person singular present boio, first-person singular preterite boí, past participle boiat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (intransitive, nautical) to float (especially something which has been submerged)
2. (intransitive, figurative) to prosper, to succeed

• surar

• boiant

• “boiar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From boia.

• Hyphenation: boi‧ar

boiar (first-person singular present boio, first-person singular preterite boiei, past participle boiado)

1. to float

   Synonym: flutuar

2. to waft
3. to drown