boj

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Albanian

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Etymology

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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

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boj (aorist bova, participle buar)

  1. to mate

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  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

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈboj]
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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boj m inan

  1. fight
Declension
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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boj

  1. second-person singular imperative of bát

Further reading

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

Esperanto

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Interjection

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boj

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

Lower Sorbian

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Verb

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boj

  1. Superseded spelling of bój.

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bojь.

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Noun

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bȏj m (Cyrillic spelling бо̑ј)

  1. battle

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Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bojь.

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Noun

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boj m inan (related adjective bojový)

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

Declension

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Further reading

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  • 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, 2003–2024

Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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boj m (plural bojes)

  1. box (tree), boxwood

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Swedish

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Etymology

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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

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boj c

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

Usage notes

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

Declension

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Anagrams

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