Belarusian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *bo.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [bo]
  • (file)

Conjunction edit

бо (bo)

  1. because

Synonyms edit

Further reading edit

  • бо”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

Chechen edit

Noun edit

бо (bo)

  1. orphan

Ingush edit

Noun edit

бо (bo)

  1. orphan

Old Church Slavonic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *bo.

Conjunction edit

бо (bo)

  1. for

Old East Slavic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *bo. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic бо (bo) and Old Polish bo.

Pronunciation edit

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /bɔ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /bɔ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /bɔ/
  • Hyphenation: бо

Conjunction edit

бо (bo)

  1. for, as
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik[1], page 2:
      рече бо въ сьрдьци моѥмь съкрꙑхъ словеса твоꙗ да не съгрѣшѫ тебѣ·
      reče bo vŭ sĭrdĭci mojemĭ sŭkryxŭ slovesa tvoja da ne sŭgrěšǫ tebě·
      For [one] said: In my heart I hid your words so I won't commit a sin before you

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Old Ruthenian: бо (bo)
    • Belarusian: бо (bo)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: бо (bo)
    • Ukrainian: бо (bo)

References edit

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893), “бо”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[2] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 124

Tajik edit

Pronunciation edit

Preposition edit

Dari با
Iranian Persian
Tajik бо

бо (bo)

  1. with

Tuvan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *bu (this). Cognate with Turkish bu (this).

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

бо (bo)

  1. (demonstrative) this
    Бо номнуң ады чүл?Bo nomnuñ adı çül?What is this book's name?

See also edit

Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Ruthenian бо (bo), from Old East Slavic бо (bo), from Proto-Slavic *bo.

Pronunciation edit

Conjunction edit

бо (bo)

  1. because, for, since, as
    Synonyms: тому́ що (tomú ščo), адже́ (adžé), оскі́льки (oskílʹky), позая́к (pozaják)

References edit