boj

See also: Appendix:Variations of "boj"

Albanian

Etymology

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

boj (aorist bova, participle buar)

  1. to mate

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

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

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈboj]
  • (file)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

boj m inan

  1. fight
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

boj

  1. second-person singular imperative of bát

Further reading

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

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Interjection

boj

  1. bark of a dog; woof!
  • boji (to bark)

Lower Sorbian

Verb

boj

  1. Superseded spelling of bój.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bojь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bôːj/

Noun

bȏj m (Cyrillic spelling бо̑ј)

  1. battle

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bojь.

Noun

boj m inan

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

Declension

Further reading

  • 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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

boj m (plural bojes)

  1. box (tree), boxwood

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

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

boj c

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

Usage notes

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

Declension

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

Derived terms

References

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