boj

See also: bój, böj, and bøj

Albanian

Etymology

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, id). Usually attested in the passive form bohet[1].

Verb

boj (first-person singular past tense bova, participle buar)

  1. I mate

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2000) A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, Leiden: Brill, page 30

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bojь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈboj]
  • (file)

Noun

boj m

  1. fight

Declension

Further reading

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

Esperanto

Interjection

boj

  1. bark of a dog; woof!
  • boji (to bark)

Lower Sorbian

Verb

boj

  1. Superseded spelling of bój.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bojь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bôːj/

Noun

bȏj m (Cyrillic spelling бо̑ј)

  1. battle

Declension


Spanish

Etymology

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

Noun

boj m (plural bojes)

  1. box (tree), boxwood

Swedish

Noun

boj c

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

Usage notes

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

Declension

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

Derived terms

  • livboj

References

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