бой

• IPA^(key): [bɔj]

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O-grade deverbal of би́я (bíja, “to beat”). Diachronically, inherited from Proto-Slavic *bojь.

бой • (boj) m (relational adjective бо́ен)

1. beating, thrashing, drubbing, whopping, whipping, flogging, leathering, knock-about, punch-up, caning

   як бой ― jak boj ― solid whopping

   зверски бой ― zverski boj ― brutal beating

   съдирам някого от бой ― sǎdiram njakogo ot boj ― to beat someone to a pulp (literally, “to tear someone apart via beating”)

2. battle, fight, combat, ruck, set-to, struggle

   ръкопашен бой ― rǎkopašen boj ― hand-to-hand fight

   въздушен бой ― vǎzdušen boj ― areal combat

   превземам без бой ― prevzemam bez boj ― to conquer without striking a blow

   хвърлям в боя ― hvǎrljam v boja ― to bring/send in battle

• би́тка (bítka), би́тва (bítva) (action nouns)
• бое́ц (boéc) (agent noun)

• “бой¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “бой (1)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1895) “бо́й, бо́еве”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 60
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бой¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 63

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بوی (boy, “stature”).

бой • (boj) m (dialectal)

1. height, size

   Synonym: (native term) ръст (rǎst)

• “бой²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “бой (2)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1895) “*бо́й”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[2] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 60
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бой²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 64

• IPA^(key): [boj]

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• Rhymes: -oj

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bojь, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoyh₂ós, from *bʰeyh₂- (“to strike, hew”). Cognate with бить (bitʹ, “to beat”), with typical Indo-European nominal o-ablaut.

бой • (boj) m inan (genitive бо́я, nominative plural бои́, genitive plural боёв, relational adjective боево́й)

1. beating, breakage
2. battle, combat, engagement

   рукопа́шный бой ― rukopášnyj boj ― hand-to-hand fight(ing)/combat

3. fight, fighting, struggle
4. striking (of a clock)

Borrowed from English boy.

бой • (boj) m anim (genitive бо́я, nominative plural бо́и, genitive plural бо́ев)

1. (archaic) boy (servant)
   • 1916, P. D. Ouspensky, Разговоры с дьяволом:

     Сначало старший бой принёс горячий, рассыпчатый, душистый рис. Лесли положил на тарелку порядочную порцию. Потом другой бой принёс два блюда с судочками с разными соусами- соус из раковых шеек, соус из рыбы, соус из яиц с томатом, соус из кусочков рублённого мяса, очень противный желтый соус из корня кёрри и соус из какой-то зелени вроде стручков.

     Snačalo staršij boj prinjós gorjačij, rassypčatyj, dušistyj ris. Lesli položil na tarelku porjadočnuju porciju. Potom drugoj boj prinjós dva bljuda s sudočkami s raznymi sousami- sous iz rakovyx šejek, sous iz ryby, sous iz jaic s tomatom, sous iz kusočkov rubljónnovo mjasa, očenʹ protivnyj želtyj sous iz kornja kjórri i sous iz kakoj-to zeleni vrode stručkov.

     At first the old boy brought hot, crumbly, fragrant rice. Leslie put a decent portion on the plate. Then another boy brought two dishes with cruets with different sauces- a crawfish tail sauce, a fish sauce, a sauce of eggs with tomato, a sauce of pieces of diced meat, a very revolting yellow sauce of curry root and a sauce of some kind of green, like husks.

Compare to Kyrgyz бой (boy, “growth”)

бой • (boy)

1. growth

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “бой”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN