кой

• IPA^(key): [kʷaj]

кой • (koj)

1. village

• (village): къуажэ (q°āžă) (Kabardian)
• (village): къуаджэ (q°āǯ̍ă) (Adyghe)

• IPA^(key): /kɔj/

кой • (koj) m (interrogative)

1. who, which (one) (used to ask about the identity of one or more people or things.)

   Кой го направи?

   Koj go napravi?

   Who did it?

   Коя е тази жена?

   Koja e tazi žena?

   Who is that woman?

   Кого питаш?

   Kogo pitaš?

   Who are you asking?

   С кого разговарям?

   S kogo razgovarjam?

   Who am I talking to?

   Кои от пациентите се възстановиха?

   Koi ot pacientite se vǎzstanoviha?

   Which of the patients have recovered?

   Кое искаш?

   Koe iskaš?

   Which one do you want?

   Кому да благодаря?

   Komu da blagodarja?

   Who should I thank?

2. (as a determiner) which, what

   Кой човек би направил подобно нещо?

   Koj čovek bi napravil podobno nešto?

   What person would do such a thing?

   Коя жена би се омъжила за него?

   Koja žena bi se omǎžila za nego?

   What woman would marry him?

   Кое яйце е по-тежко?

   Koe jajce e po-težko?

   Which egg is heavier?

   На кой стол седеше?

   Na koj stol sedeše?

   Which chair was she sitting on?

3. (as a conjunction) who, which, what (used to introduce a noun or an adjectival clause.)

   Не зная кой ще дойде.

   Ne znaja koj šte dojde.

   I don't know who will come.

   Чудя се от кого беше писмото.

   Čudja se ot kogo beše pismoto.

   I wonder who the letter was from.

   Не можеха да решат коя песен да пуснат.

   Ne možeha da rešat koja pesen da pusnat.

   They couldn't decide which song to play.

   Попитах ги през кои градове са минали.

   Popitah gi prez koi gradove sa minali.

   I asked them what towns they went through.

   Решението, кого да поканим, беше трудно.

   Rešenieto, kogo da pokanim, beše trudno.

   The decision who to invite was a difficult one.

   Изтръпвам при мисълта, кой би могъл да направи подобно нещо.

   Iztrǎpvam pri misǎlta, koj bi mogǎl da napravi podobno nešto.

   I shudder at the thought who could do such a thing.

The accusative, dative and prepositional forms are used only when кой is on its own (not in front of a noun) and refers to a person. The dative form is dated and is replaced by на + the prepositional form (На кого да благодаря). In informal Bulgarian the nominative form is often used instead of the accusative and prepositional ones (Кой питаш, с кой разговарям). This usage is not considered standard.

First coined in sense of body of administrative rules by bishop Damaskin in 1785.

кой • (koj)

1. law
2. tradition, custom

кой • (koj)

1. As part of compound particles:

   кой-зярдо, кой-косо

   koj-zärdo, koj-koso

   sometimes, somewhere

кой • (koy)

1. sheep

From Old East Slavic кꙑи (kyi), from Proto-Slavic *kъjь (“who, what, which”), from *kъ (“who”) + *-jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kas (“who”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos (“who”).

• IPA^(key): [koj]

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кой • (koj)

1. (antiquated, literary) how, which, who, what

   в ко́и-то ве́ки ― v kói-to véki ― once in a very long time

   до ко́их пор? ― do kóix por? ― how long?

   из ко́их ― iz kóix ― of which; of whom

   на кой чёрт? ― na koj čórt? ― what the hell for?

   ни в ко́ей ме́ре ― ni v kójej mére ― not in the least

   ни в ко́ем ра́зе ― ni v kójem ráze ― not on your nelly

   ни в ко́ем слу́чае ― ni v kójem slúčaje ― on no account; by no means

   ни ко́им о́бразом ― ni kóim óbrazom ― there is no way

Now only found in a few set phrases and expressions.

• како́й (kakój), кото́рый (kotóryj)

• никой (nikoj)

• кое- (koje-)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “кой”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress