Бог

See also: бог and боғ

Russian

Alternative forms

• Богъ (Bog) (Pre-reform orthography (1918))

Etymology

See бог (box).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [box] (phonetic respelling: Бох)

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• Rhymes: -ok
• Rhymes: -ox

Proper noun

Бог • (Box) m anim (genitive Бо́га)

1. God (in monotheistic religions)

   с на́ми Бог ― s námi Box ― God is with us

   В нача́ле сотвори́л Бог не́бо и зе́млю. ― V načále sotvoríl Box nébo i zémlju. ― In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

   Бо́же, царя́ храни́! ― Bóže, carjá xraní! ― God save the czar!

Usage notes

• God is addressed (vocative: Бо́же) with the informal ты (ty), not the formal вы (vy), and verb imperatives in singular (дай (daj), сохрани́ (soxraní), храни́ (xraní)).

Declension

Declension of Бог^△ (anim sg-only masc-form velar-stem accent-e irreg) 

	singular
nominative	Бо́г△ Bóx△
genitive	Бо́га Bóga
dative	Бо́гу Bógu
accusative	Бо́га Bóga
instrumental	Бо́гом Bógom
prepositional	Бо́ге Bóge
vocative	Бо́же Bóže

^△ Irregular.

Derived terms

Бо́же

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bôːɡ/

Proper noun

Бо̑г m (Latin spelling Bȏg)

1. God

Declension

Declension of Бог

	singular
nominative	Бо̑г
genitive	Бога
dative	Богу
accusative	Бога
vocative	Бо̏же
locative	Богу
instrumental	Богом

Related terms

• бо̑г