Albanian edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

boj (aorist bova, participle buar)

  1. to mate

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

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

Czech edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈboj]
  • (file)

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

boj m inan

  1. fight
Declension edit
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

boj

  1. second-person singular imperative of bát

Further reading edit

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

Esperanto edit

Pronunciation edit

Interjection edit

boj

  1. bark of a dog; woof!

Related terms edit

  • boji (to bark)

Lower Sorbian edit

Verb edit

boj

  1. Superseded spelling of bój.

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bojь.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bȏj m (Cyrillic spelling бо̑ј)

  1. battle

Declension edit

Slovak edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bojь.

Noun edit

boj m inan

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

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • 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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

boj m (plural bojes)

  1. box (tree), boxwood

Further reading edit

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

boj c

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

Usage notes edit

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

Declension edit

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

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