boj

boj

See also: Appendix:Variations of "boj"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Bogadjim.

Symbol

boj

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Anjam.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Anjam terms

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, to be put to flight, flee), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ-. Usually attested in the passive form bohet.[1]

Verb

boj (aorist bova, participle buar)

  1. to mate

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

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

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈboj]
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

boj m inan

  1. fight
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

boj

  1. second-person singular imperative of bát

Further reading

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boi̯/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oi̯
  • Syllabification: boj

Interjection

boj

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

Further reading

Lower Sorbian

Verb

boj

  1. superseded spelling of bój

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bojь. Deverbal from bíti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈboj/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈboj/

Noun

boj m inan

  1. fight
    Obě straně bojě jsta křivě.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: boj

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bojь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bôːj/

Noun

bȏj m inan (Cyrillic spelling бо̑ј)

  1. battle

Declension

Declension of boj
singular plural
nominative bȏj bòjevi
genitive bȍja bojévā
dative bȍju bojèvima
accusative bȏj bòjeve
vocative bȍju bȍjevi
locative bòju bojèvima
instrumental bȍjem bojèvima

Further reading

  • boj”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
  • boj”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovak

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bòjь.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /bɔj/, [ˈbɔɪ̯]
    • Rhymes: -ɔj

    Noun

    boj m inan (relational adjective bojový)

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

    Declension

    Declension of boj
    (pattern stroj)
    singularplural
    nominativebojboje
    genitivebojabojov
    dativebojubojom
    accusativebojboje
    locativebojibojoch
    instrumentalbojombojmi

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • 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, 2003–2026

    Spanish

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    boj m (plural bojes)

    1. box (tree), boxwood

    Further reading

    Swedish

    Etymology

    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

    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

    Derived terms

    References

    Anagrams