Bulgarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [bɔj]
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Etymology 1

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O-grade deverbal of би́я (bíja, to beat). Diachronically, inherited from Proto-Slavic *bojь.

Noun

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бой (bojm (relational adjective бо́ен)

  1. beating, thrashing, drubbing, whopping, whipping, flogging, leathering, knock-about, punch-up, caning
    як бойjak bojsolid whopping
    зверски бойzverski bojbrutal beating
    съдирам някого от бойsǎdiram njakogo ot bojto beat s.o. to a pulp (literally, “to tear s.o. apart via beating”)
  2. battle, fight, combat, ruck, set-to, struggle
    ръкопашен бойrǎkopašen bojhand-to-hand fight
    въздушен бойvǎzdušen bojareal combat
    превземам без бойprevzemam bez bojto conquer without striking a blow
    хвърлям в бояhvǎrljam v bojato bring/send in battle
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بوی (boy, stature).

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бой (bojm (dialectal)

  1. height, size
    Synonym: (native term) ръст (rǎst)
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Russian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bojь, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoyh₂ós, from *bʰeyh₂- (to strike, hew). Cognate with бить (bitʹ, to beat), with typical Indo-European nominal o-ablaut.

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бой (bojm inan (genitive бо́я, nominative plural бои́, genitive plural боёв, relational adjective боево́й)

  1. beating, breakage
  2. battle, combat, engagement
    рукопа́шный бойrukopášnyj bojhand-to-hand fight(ing)/combat
  3. fight, fighting, struggle
  4. striking (of a clock)
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English boy.

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бой (bojm anim (genitive бо́я, nominative plural бо́и, genitive plural бо́ев)

  1. (archaic) boy (servant)
    • 1916, P. D. Ouspensky, Разговоры с дьяволом:
      Сначало старший бой принёс горячий, рассыпчатый, душистый рис. Лесли положил на тарелку порядочную порцию. Потом другой бой принёс два блюда с судочками с разными соусами- соус из раковых шеек, соус из рыбы, соус из яиц с томатом, соус из кусочков рублённого мяса, очень противный желтый соус из корня кёрри и соус из какой-то зелени вроде стручков.
      Snačalo staršij boj prinjós gorjačij, rassypčatyj, dušistyj ris. Lesli položil na tarelku porjadočnuju porciju. Potom drugoj boj prinjós dva bljuda s sudočkami s raznymi sousami- sous iz rakovyx šejek, sous iz ryby, sous iz jaic s tomatom, sous iz kusočkov rubljónnovo mjasa, očenʹ protivnyj želtyj sous iz kornja kjórri i sous iz kakoj-to zeleni vrode stručkov.
      At first the old boy brought hot, crumbly, fragrant rice. Leslie put a decent portion on the plate. Then another boy brought two dishes with cruets with different sauces- a crawfish tail sauce, a fish sauce, a sauce of eggs with tomato, a sauce of pieces of diced meat, a very revolting yellow sauce of curry root and a sauce of some kind of green, like husks.
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Southern Altai

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Etymology

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Compare to Kyrgyz бой (boy, growth)

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бой (boy)

  1. growth

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N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “бой”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN