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bod

See also: Bod, BOD, böd, bød, and boð

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Clipping of body. The "person" sense may alternatively derive from Scottish Gaelic bodach (“old man”) via Scots.[1]

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

bod (plural bods)

  1. (slang) The body.
    Fred likes to keep his bod in shape.
  2. (slang) A person.
    George was a bit of an odd bod.
    • 2005, Richard Templar, The Rules of Management (page 73)
      There were cameras covering car parks, offices, corridors and storage areas in the basement. Result. The security bods started watching as if their lives depended on it.

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Chambers 21st Century Dictionary, "bod (noun)"

AnagramsEdit

CzechEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *bodъ.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈbot]
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NounEdit

bod m

  1. (geometry) point
  2. (temperature) point
  3. item (of an agenda)
  4. (sports) point, mark
  5. stab
    • 1866, Josef Bojislav Pichl (translator), Don Quijote de la Mancha‎[1], Praha: I. L. Kober, translation of original by Miguel de Cervantes, page 34:
      Na moutě duchu! zvolal po těch slovích Sancho; ať nedím tři tisíce šlehů, ale ani tři si nedám, jako nedal bych si tři body dýkou.
      "By all that's good," exclaimed Sancho at this, "I'll just as soon give myself three stabs with a dagger as three, not to say three thousand, lashes.

DeclensionEdit

Declension
singular plural
nominative bod body
genitive bodu bodů
dative bodu bodům
accusative bod body
vocative bode body
locative bodu, bodě bodech
instrumental bodem body

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

DanishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse búð.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

bod c (singular definite boden, plural indefinite boder)

  1. booth, stall
  2. shop
InflectionEdit
Declension of bod
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bod boden boder boderne
genitive bods bodens boders bodernes

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse bót.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /boːd/, [b̥oːˀð], [b̥oðˀ]

NounEdit

bod c (singular definite boden, not used in plural form)

  1. fine
  2. penance

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Dutch bot, from Old Dutch *bot, from Proto-Germanic *budą.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

bod n (plural boden, diminutive bodje n)

  1. order
  2. offer

Derived termsEdit

IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Irish bot (“tail; penis”), from Proto-Celtic *buzdos (“tail, penis”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʷosdʰos (“piece of wood”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

bod m (genitive singular boid, nominative plural boid)

  1. penis
    Synonym: cuideog (euphemistic)
  2. (archaic) churl, boor, lout

DeclensionEdit

Declension of bod

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bod boid
Vocative a bhoid a bhoda
Genitive boid bod
Dative bod boid

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bod na boid
Genitive an bhoid na mbod
Dative leis an mbod

don bhod

leis na boid

Derived termsEdit

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bod bhod mbod
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further readingEdit

  • "bod" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 bot” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *budą. Cognate with Old Norse boð.

VerbEdit

bod n (nominative plural bodu)

  1. A command, mandate, precept, order; bidding

DeclensionEdit

Declension of bod (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative bod bodu
accusative bod bodu
genitive bodes boda
dative bode bodum

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

PolishEdit

NounEdit

bod m inan

  1. baud

DeclensionEdit

declension of bod
singular plural
nominative bod body
genitive bodu bodów
dative bodowi bodom
accusative bod body
instrumental bodem bodami
locative bodzie bodach
vocative bodzie body

Scottish GaelicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Irish bot (“tail; penis”), from Proto-Celtic *buzdos (“tail, penis”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʷosdʰos (“piece of wood”).

NounEdit

bod m

  1. (anatomy) penis

Further readingEdit

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “1 bot” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Serbo-CroatianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Slavic *bodъ.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

bȏd m (Cyrillic spelling бо̑д)

  1. sting (with a needle or a sharp object)
  2. (embroidery, knitting) stitch
  3. (sports) point
DeclensionEdit
Declension of bod
singular plural
nominative bȏd bódovi
genitive boda bodova
dative bodu bodovima
accusative bod bodove
vocative bode bodovi
locative bodu bodovima
instrumental bodom bodovima
SynonymsEdit

Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from English baud.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

bȏd m (Cyrillic spelling бо̑д)

  1. baud
DeclensionEdit
Declension of bod
singular plural
nominative bȏd bódovi
genitive boda bodova
dative bodu bodovima
accusative bod bodove
vocative bode bodovi
locative bodu bodovima
instrumental bodom bodovima

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Swedish boþ, from Old Norse bóð (Compare Old West Norse búð).

NounEdit

bod c

  1. a shed, a shack, a small building
  2. a shop, a boutique

DeclensionEdit

Declension of bod 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bod boden bodar bodarna
Genitive bods bodens bodars bodarnas

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

VolapükEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from German Brot, English bread and Dutch brood.

NounEdit

bod (plural bods)

  1. bread

DeclensionEdit

declension of bod
singular plural
nominative bod bods
genitive boda bodas
dative bode bodes
accusative bodi bodis
vocative 1 o bod! o bods!
predicative 2 bodu bodus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in some later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived termsEdit

WelshEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Welsh bot, from Proto-Celtic *butā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to be, become”); all the b- initial forms are from the same root.

The vowel-initial forms as well as sy(dd) are from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”).

The third-person singular present mae originally meant ‘here is’ and is from the same source as yma (“here”) plus Proto-Celtic *esti. The third-person plural maent (colloquial maen) is derived from the singular by adding the third-person plural verb ending -nt.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

bod (first-person singular present wyf)

  1. to be
  2. that... is, that... are, etc. (personal forms: (fy) mod i, (dy) fod di, (ei) fod e/o, (ei) bod hi, (ein) bod ni, (eich) bod chi, (eu) bod nhw)
    Dw i’n meddwl (ei) bod hi’n ddoniol. ― I think that she’s funny.
    Mae hi’n meddwl (fy) mod i’n dod. ― She thinks that I’m coming.
    Roedd Eleri yn dweud (dy) fod di’n sâl. ― Eleri was saying you’re ill.

Usage notesEdit

  • Bod is the primary auxiliary verb in Welsh, used to form a great number of tenses; see Appendix:Welsh conjugation.
  • The two conditional tenses can be opted between freely.
  • The preterite is relatively rare and mostly interchangeable with the imperfect.
  • In the tenses given here, all forms of bod must be linked to a noun, adjective or verb with yn, wedi, or some other similar particle.
  • Bod introduces a subordinate clause only when the corresponding main clause would begin with a form of bod (the verb ‘to be’) in the present or imperfect tense.
  • Nouns are preceded with bod, or fod if the preceding verb is conjugated.

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation
Literary forms singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present progressive wyf, ydwyf wyt, ydwyt mae;
yw, ydyw, ydy, ydi;
oes;
sydd, sy 		ŷm, ydym ŷch, ydych maent;
ŷnt, ydynt 		ys, ydys
present habitual/future byddaf byddi bydd byddwn byddwch byddant byddir, byddys
imperfect/conditional oeddwn oeddit, oeddet oedd, ydoedd oeddem oeddech oeddynt, oeddent oeddid
imperfect habitual byddwn byddit byddai byddem byddech byddent byddid
preterite bûm buost bu buom buoch buont, buant buwyd
pluperfect buaswn buasit buasai buasem buasech buasent buasid, buesid
plup. forms
combined with pe 		petaswn petasit petasai petasem petasech petasent —
present subjunctive bwyf, byddwyf bych, byddych, byddech bo, byddo bôm, byddom boch, byddoch bônt, byddont bydder
imperfect subjunctive bawn, byddwn bait, baet, byddit, byddet bai, bae, byddai baem, byddem baech, byddech baent, byddent byddid
impf. subj. forms
combined with pe 		petawn petait, petaet petai petaem petaech petaent —
imperative — bydd, bydda bydded, boed, bid byddwn byddwch byddent bydder
verbal noun bod
verbal adjectives bodedig
bodadwy


Colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
present affirmative dw i, dwi, rw i, rwy, w i rwyt ti mae e/o/hi, ma' fe;
ydy, yw;
sy 		dan ni, ŷn ni dach chi, ych chi maen nhw
negative dydw i ddim, dw i ddim, w i ddim, sa i dwyt ti ddim, ti ddim, so ti dydy e/o/hi ddim, tydy o/hi ddim, dyw e/hi ddim, so fe/hi;
does dim;
sy ddim 		dydyn ni ddim, dan ni ddim, dydan ni ddim, ŷn ni ddim, so ni dydych chi ddim, dach chi ddim, dydach chi ddim, ych chi ddim, chi ddim, so chi dydyn nhw ddim, ŷn nhw ddim, so nhw
interrogative ydw i wyt ti ydy e/o/hi, yw e/hi;
oes;
sy 		ydan ni, ŷn ni ydych chi, dach chi, ydach chi, ych chi ydyn nhw, ŷn nhw
imperfect affirmative roeddwn i, o’n i roeddet ti, o’t ti roedd e/o/hi, oedd e/o/hi, o’dd e/o/hi roedden ni, o’n ni roeddech chi, o’ch chi roedden nhw, o’n nhw
negative doeddwn i ddim, o’n i ddim, do’n i ddim doeddet ti ddim, o’t ti ddim, do’t ti ddim doedd e/o/hi ddim, oedd e/o/hi ddim, o’dd e/o/hi ddim, do’dd e/o/hi ddim doedden ni ddim, o’n ni ddim, do’n ni ddim doeddech chi ddim, o’ch chi ddim, do’ch chi ddim doedden nhw ddim, o’n nhw ddim, do’n nhw ddim
interrogative oeddwn i, o’n i oeddet ti, o’t ti oedd e/o/hi, oedd e/o/hi, o’dd e/o/hi oedden ni, o’n ni oeddech chi, o’ch chi oedden nhw, o’n nhw
preterite bues i buest ti buodd e/o/hi;
bu 		buon ni buoch chi buon nhw
future bydda i, ’dda i byddi di bydd e/o/hi byddwn ni byddwch chi byddan nhw
conditional byddwn i;
baswn i, swn i 		byddet ti;
baset ti, set ti 		byddai fe/fo/hi;
basai fe/fo/hi, sa fo/hi, se fe/hi 		bydden ni;
basen ni, sen ni 		byddech chi;
basech chi, sech chi 		bydden nhw;
basen nhw, sen nhw
other conditional forms
used after pe 		taswn i, bawn i, tawn i taset ti, baet ti, taet ti tasai fe/fo/hi, bai fe/fo/hi, tai fe/fo/hi tasen ni, baen ni, taen ni tasech chi, baech chi, taech chi tasen nhw, baen nhw, taen nhw
imperative — bydd, bydda — — byddwch —

Derived termsEdit

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
bod fod mod unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further readingEdit

  • Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “bod”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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