boj
Translingual
Etymology
Abbreviation of EnglishCategory:Translingual terms derived from English#BOJ BogadjimCategory:Translingual abbreviations#BOJ.
Symbol
bojCategory:Translingual lemmas#BOJCategory:Translingual symbols#BOJCategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#BOJCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#BOJCategory:Pages with entries#BOJCategory:Pages with 10 entries#BOJ
See also
Albanian
Etymology
Metaphoric use of boj (“to drive”) (see dëboj), from Proto-AlbanianCategory:Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Albanian#BOJCategory:Albanian terms derived from Proto-Albanian#BOJ *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-EuropeanCategory:Albanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BOJ *bʰegʷ-. Usually attested in the passive form bohet.[1]
Verb
boj (aorist bova, participle buar)Category:Albanian lemmas#BOJCategory:Albanian verbs#BOJCategory:Albanian entries with incorrect language header#BOJCategory:Pages with entries#BOJCategory:Pages with 10 entries#BOJ
- to mate
Conjugation
Show compound tenses:
| participle | buar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | duke buar | ||||||
| infinitive | për të buar | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st pers. | 2nd pers. | 3rd pers. | 1st pers. | 2nd pers. | 3rd pers. | ||
| indicative | present | boj | bon | bon | bojmë | boni | bojnë |
| imperfect | boja | boje | bonte | bonim | bonit | bonin | |
| aorist | bova | bove | boi | buam | buat | buan | |
| perfect | kam buar | ke buar | ka buar | kemi buar | keni buar | kanë buar | |
| past perfect | kisha buar | kishe buar | kishte buar | kishim buar | kishit buar | kishin buar | |
| aorist II | pata buar | pate buar | pati buar | patëm buar | patët buar | patën buar | |
| future1 | do të boj | do të bosh | do të bojë | do të bojmë | do të boni | do të bojnë | |
| future perfect2 | do të kem buar | do të kesh buar | do të ketë buar | do të kemi buar | do të keni buar | do të kenë buar | |
| subjunctive | present | të boj | të bosh | të bojë | të bojmë | të boni | të bojnë |
| imperfect | të boja | të boje | të bonte | të bonim | të bonit | të bonin | |
| perfect | të kem buar | të kesh buar | të ketë buar | të kemi buar | të keni buar | të kenë buar | |
| past perfect | të kisha buar | të kishe buar | të kishte buar | të kishim buar | të kishit buar | të kishin buar | |
| conditional1, 2 | imperfect | do të boja | do të boje | do të bonte | do të bonim | do të bonit | do të bonin |
| past perfect | do të kisha buar | do të kishe buar | do të kishte buar | do të kishim buar | do të kishit buar | do të kishin buar | |
| optative | present | bofsha | bofsh | boftë | bofshim | bofshi | bofshin |
| perfect | paça buar | paç buar | pastë buar | paçim buar | paçit buar | paçin buar | |
| admirative | present | buakam | buake | buaka | buakemi | buakeni | buakan |
| imperfect | buakësha | buakëshe | buakësh | buakëshim | buakëshit | buakëshin | |
| perfect | paskam buar | paske buar | paska buar | paskemi buar | paskeni buar | paskan buar | |
| past perfect | paskësha buar | paskëshe buar | paskësh buar | paskëshim buar | paskëshit buar | paskëshin buar | |
| imperative | present | — | bo | — | — | boni | — |
| 1) indicative future identical with conditional present 2) indicative future perfect identical with conditional perfect | |||||||
Derived terms
References
- ↑ Orel, Vladimir (2000), A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 30
Czech
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old CzechCategory:Czech terms inherited from Old Czech#BOJCategory:Czech terms derived from Old Czech#BOJ boj, from Proto-SlavicCategory:Czech terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#BOJCategory:Czech terms derived from Proto-Slavic#BOJ *bojь. Deverbal from bítCategory:Czech deverbals#BOJ.
Noun
boj m inanCategory:Czech lemmas#BOJCategory:Czech nouns#BOJCategory:Czech entries with incorrect language header#BOJCategory:Czech masculine nouns#BOJCategory:Czech inanimate nouns#BOJCategory:Pages with entries#BOJCategory:Pages with 10 entries#BOJ
Declension
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
bojCategory:Czech non-lemma forms#BOJCategory:Czech verb forms#BOJCategory:Czech entries with incorrect language header#BOJCategory:Pages with entries#BOJCategory:Pages with 10 entries#BOJ
Further reading
- “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), 2008–2026
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Interjection
bojCategory:Esperanto lemmas#BOJCategory:Esperanto interjections#BOJCategory:Esperanto entries with incorrect language header#BOJCategory:Pages with entries#BOJCategory:Pages with 10 entries#BOJ
Related terms
- boji (“to bark”)
Further reading
- “boj”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026
Lower Sorbian
Verb
bojCategory:Lower Sorbian non-lemma forms#BOJCategory:Lower Sorbian verb forms#BOJCategory:Lower Sorbian entries with incorrect language header#BOJCategory:Pages with entries#BOJCategory:Pages with 10 entries#BOJ
Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-SlavicCategory:Old Czech terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#BOJCategory:Old Czech terms derived from Proto-Slavic#BOJ *bojь. Deverbal from bítiCategory:Old Czech deverbals#BOJ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈboj/Category:Old Czech terms with IPA pronunciation#BOJ
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈboj/Category:Old Czech terms with IPA pronunciation#BOJ
Noun
boj m inanCategory:Old Czech lemmas#BOJCategory:Old Czech nouns#BOJCategory:Old Czech entries with incorrect language header#BOJCategory:Old Czech masculine nouns#BOJCategory:Old Czech inanimate nouns#BOJCategory:Pages with entries#BOJCategory:Pages with 10 entries#BOJ
- fight
- Obě straně bojě jsta křivě.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Declension
Descendants
- Czech: boj
Further reading
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “boj”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-SlavicCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#BOJCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Slavic#BOJ *bojь.
Category:Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BOJCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeyh₂- (strike)#BOJPronunciation
Noun
bȏj m inan (Cyrillic spelling бо̑ј)Category:Serbo-Croatian lemmas#BOJCategory:Serbo-Croatian nouns#BOJCategory:Serbo-Croatian masculine inanimate nouns#BOJCategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#BOJCategory:Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns#BOJCategory:Serbo-Croatian inanimate nouns#BOJCategory:Pages with entries#BOJCategory:Pages with 10 entries#BOJ
Declension
Further reading
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bòjь.
Category:Slovak terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#BOJCategory:Slovak terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BOJCategory:Slovak terms derived from Proto-Slavic#BOJCategory:Slovak terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic#BOJCategory:Slovak terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#BOJCategory:Slovak terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeyh₂- (strike)#BOJCategory:Slovak terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic#BOJCategory:Pages with etymology trees#BOJCategory:Slovak entries with etymology trees#BOJCategory:Slovak entries with etymology texts#BOJCategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#BOJPronunciation
Noun
boj m inan (relational adjective bojový)Category:Slovak lemmas#BOJCategory:Slovak nouns#BOJCategory:Slovak entries with incorrect language header#BOJCategory:Slovak masculine nouns#BOJCategory:Slovak inanimate nouns#BOJCategory:Pages with entries#BOJCategory:Pages with 10 entries#BOJ
Declension
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 CatalanCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from Catalan#BOJCategory:Spanish terms derived from Catalan#BOJ boix, from LatinCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#BOJ buxus, from Ancient GreekCategory:Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek#BOJ πύξος (púxos). Compare the inherited regional inherited doubletCategory:Spanish doublets#BOJ bujo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbox/ [ˈbox]Category:Spanish 1-syllable words#BOJCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#BOJ
Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#BOJAudio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -oxCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ox#BOJCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ox/1 syllable#BOJ
- Syllabification: boj
Noun
boj m (plural bojes)Category:Spanish lemmas#BOJCategory:Spanish nouns#BOJCategory:Spanish countable nouns#BOJCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#BOJCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#BOJCategory:Pages with entries#BOJCategory:Pages with 10 entries#BOJ
Further reading
- “boj”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Swedish
Etymology
From Middle Low GermanCategory:Swedish terms borrowed from Middle Low German#BOJCategory:Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German#BOJ boie or Middle DutchCategory:Swedish terms borrowed from Middle Dutch#BOJCategory:Swedish terms derived from Middle Dutch#BOJ boeye, from Old FrenchCategory:Swedish terms derived from Old French#BOJ buie (“fetter, chain”), itself of GermanicCategory:Swedish terms derived from Germanic languages#BOJ origin, from FrankishCategory:Swedish terms derived from Frankish#BOJ *baukn (“symbol, sign”).
Noun
boj cCategory:Swedish lemmas#BOJCategory:Swedish nouns#BOJCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#BOJCategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#BOJCategory:Pages with entries#BOJCategory:Pages with 10 entries#BOJ
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
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | boj | bojs |
| definite | bojen | bojens | |
| plural | indefinite | bojar | bojars |
| definite | bojarna | bojarnas |
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | boj | bojs |
| definite | bojen | bojens | |
| plural | indefinite | bojer | bojers |
| definite | bojerna | bojernas |
Derived terms
References
- Boj in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)
- “boj”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “boj”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- boj in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- boj in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)