bog

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bog"

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English bog (originally chiefly in Ireland and Scotland), from Irish and Scottish Gaelic bogach (“soft, boggy ground”), from Old Irish bog (“soft”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *buggos (“soft, tender”) + Old Irish -ach, from Proto-Celtic *-ākos.

The frequent use to form compounds regarding the animals and plants in such areas mimics Irish compositions such as bog-luachair (“bulrush, bogrush”).[1]

Its use for toilets is now often derived from the resemblance of latrines and outhouse cesspools to bogholes,[2][3] but the noun sense appears to be a clipped form of boghouse (“outhouse, privy”),[4] which derived (possibly via boggard) from the verb to bog,[5] still used in Australian English.[3] The derivation and its connection to other senses of "bog" remains uncertain, however, owing to an extreme lack of early citations due to its perceived vulgarity.[6][7]

Noun

bog (plural bogs)

  2. An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking; any swamp, marsh or mire.
    • 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vii], line 56:
      They that ride so... fall into foule Boggs.
    • 1612, John Speed, chapter IV, in The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine, volume IV, page 143:
      Certaine... places [in Ireland]... which of their softnes are vsually tearmed Boghes.
    • a. 1687, William Petty, Political Arithmetick:
      Bog may by draining be made Meadow.
    • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
      [W]e entered a region where the stream widened out and formed a considerable bog.
    • 1974 02, “Boys' Life”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 21:
      [Cedar Bog] is a living museum of plants that once were spread over a far wider area. It is the southernmost such alkaline bog in North America, and teachers take their classes there to study this unique natural area. […]
    • 1993, “Swamp Song”, performed by Tool:
      You're dancing in quicksand
      Why don't you watch where you're wandering?
      Why don't you watch where you're stumbling?
      You're wading knee deep and going in
      And you may never come back again
      This bog is thick and easy to get lost in
    • 2004 November 15, Retro Studios, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Nintendo, level/area: Main Energy Controller (Great Temple):
      U-Mos: 'The swamplands of Torvus are treacherous, and can hinder you considerably. Bear this in mind as you move through the bog.'
    1. (wetland science, specifically) An acidic, chiefly rain-fed (ombrotrophic), peat-forming wetland. (Contrast an alkaline fen, and swamps and marshes.)
      • 1996, Geological Survey (U.S.), National Water Summary on Wetland Resources, →ISBN, page 214:
        Bogs are acidic, nutrient poor, and have a low species diversity, whereas fens are less acidic and have higher nutrient levels and species diversity. Typically, the herbaceous layer in bogs is dominated by sphagnum moss, whereas […]
      • 2016 December 19, Ralph W. Tiner, Wetland Indicators: A Guide to Wetland Formation, Identification, Delineation, Classification, and Mapping, Second Edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 122:
        Bogs are acidic peatlands, characteristic of boreal forests and mountainous regions (Figures 9.3 and 9.4). Their hydrology is precipitation driven as bogs do not receive floodwaters from neighboring rivers and streams […]
      • 2019 February 19, Sincere Humphrey, Freshwater Microbiology, Scientific e-Resources, →ISBN, page 24:
        Bogs are acidic peatlands, while fens are non-acidic peatlands. The thick mat of dead plants forms sphagnum moss and peat, which is where we get our peat moss. Over a long period of time, the bog may fill up and a forest will grow in […]
    2. (uncountable) Boggy ground.
      • 1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 101:
        He laughed each time a camel sank down, and he laughed as they strained and pulled and struggled to get the beast on to its clumsy feet again. So sure on sand, so clumsy in bog!
  3. (figuratively) Confusion, difficulty, or any other thing or place that impedes progress in the manner of such areas.
    • 1614, John King, Vitis Palatina, page 30:
      ...quagmires and bogges of Romish superstition...
    • a. 1796, Robert Burns, Poems & Songs, volume I:
      Last day my mind was in a bog.
    • 1841, Charles Dickens, chapter LXXII, in Barnaby Rudge, page 358:
      He wandered out again, in a perfect bog of uncertainty.
  5. (UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, slang) A place to defecate: originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet.
    I'm on the bog ― I'm sitting on/using the toilet
    I'm in the bog ― I'm in the bathroom
    • 1665, Richard Head et al., The English Rogue Described in the Life of Meriton Latroon, volume I:
      Fearing I should catch cold, they out of pity covered me warm in a Bogg-house.
    • a. 1789, Verses to John Howard F.R.S. on His State of Prisons and Lazarettos, published 1789, page 181:
      ...That no dirt... be thrown out of any window, or down the bogs...
    • 1864, J.C. Hotten, The Slang Dictionary, page 79:
      Bog, or bog-house, a privy as distinguished from a water-closet.
    • 1959, William Golding, chapter I, in Free Fall, page 23:
      Our lodger had our upstairs, use of the stove, our tap, and our bog.
  6. (Australia and New Zealand, slang) An act or instance of defecation.
  7. (US, dialect) A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.
  8. (US) Chicken bog.
    • 2013, James Villas, Southern Fried: More Than 150 Recipes for Crab Cakes, Fried Chicken, Hush Puppies, and More, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 196:
      Damon does emphasize that great red rice should always be fluffy and never mushy like a rice bog.
    • 2016 October 1, Elliott Moss, Buxton Hall Barbecue's Book of Smoke: Wood-Smoked Meat, Sides, and More, Voyageur Press, →ISBN, page 113:
      I love Chicken Bog because it's one of those very regional recipes that has survived […] Don't skim or otherwise remove the fat from the stock though—it will help flavor the bog. Let the chicken cool and then pick the meat, setting it aside for the bog recipe that follows. The broth will […]
    • 2018, Ann W Phillips, Lady Of Esterbrooke:
      Chicken and rice bog for their supper so she wouldn't have to cook.
Alternative forms
  • (wet spongy areas or ground): bogg, bogge, boghe (all obsolete)
Synonyms
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations

See also

Verb

bog (third-person singular simple present bogs, present participle bogging, simple past and past participle bogged)

  1. (transitive, now often with "down") To sink or submerge someone or something into bogland.
    • 1928, American Dialect Society, American Speech, volume IV, page 132:
      To be 'bogged down' or 'mired down' is to be mired, generally in the 'wet valleys' in the spring.
  2. (figuratively) To prevent or slow someone or something from making progress.
    • 1605, Ben Jonson, Seianus His Fall, act IV, scene i, line 217:
      […] Bogg'd in his filthy Lusts […]
    • 1641, John Milton, Animadversions, page 58:
      […] whose profession to forsake the World... bogs them deeper into the world.
  3. (intransitive, now often with "down") To sink and stick in bogland.
    • a. 1800, The Trials of James, Duncan, and Robert M'Gregor, Three Sons of the Celebrated Rob Roy, page 120:
      Duncan Graham in Gartmore his horse bogged; that the deponent helped some others to take the horse out of the bogg.
  4. (figuratively) To be prevented or impeded from making progress, to become stuck.
  5. (intransitive, originally vulgar UK, now chiefly Australia) To defecate, to void one's bowels.
  6. (transitive, originally vulgar UK, now chiefly Australia) To cover or spray with excrement.
  7. (transitive, British, informal) To make a mess of something.
Alternative forms
  • bogg, bogue (both obsolete)
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

See bug[8]

Noun

bog (plural bogs)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of bug: a bugbear, monster, or terror.
Alternative forms
  • bogge; see also bug
Derived terms
  • take bog

Etymology 3

Uncertain,[9] although possibly related to bug in its original senses of "big" and "puffed up".

Alternative forms

  • (all senses): bug (Derbyshire & Lincolnshire)

Adjective

bog (comparative bogger, superlative boggest)

  1. (obsolete) Bold; boastful; proud.
    • 1592, William Warner, chapter XXXVII, in Albions England, volume VII, page 167:
      The Cuckooe, seeing him so bog, waxt also wondrous wroth.
    • 1691, John Ray, South and East Country Words, page 90:
      Bogge, bold, forward, sawcy. So we say, a very bog Fellow.
Derived terms

Noun

bog (plural bogs)

  1. (obsolete) Puffery, boastfulness.
    • 1839, Charles Clark, John Noakes and Mary Styles, l. 3:
      Their bog it nuver ceases.

Verb

bog (third-person singular simple present bogs, present participle bogging, simple past and past participle bogged)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To provoke, to bug.
    • 1546, State Papers King Henry the Eighth, volume XI, published 1852, page 163:
      If you had not written to me... we had broke now, the Frenchmen bogged us so often with departing.
    • 1556, Nicholas Grimald's translation of Cicero as Marcus Tullius Ciceroes Thre Bokes of Duties to Marcus His Sonne, Vol. III, p. 154:
      A Frencheman: whom he [Manlius Torquatus] slew, being [Latin: provocatus] by hym.

Etymology 4

From bug off, a clipping of bugger off, likely under the influence of bog (coarse British slang for "toilet[s]").

Verb

bog (third-person singular simple present bogs, present participle bogging, simple past and past participle bogged)

  1. (euphemistic, slang, British, usually with "off") To go away.
Derived terms

Etymology 5

From an abbreviation of Bogdanoff, in reference to Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff.

Verb

bog (third-person singular simple present bogs, present participle bogging, simple past and past participle bogged)

  1. (4chan, Internet slang, transitive) To perform excessive cosmetic surgery that results in a bizarre or obviously artificial facial appearance.
  2. (4chan, Internet slang, reflexive) To have excessive cosmetic surgery performed on oneself, often with a poor or conspicuously unnatural result.
    • 2023 August 4, anonymous author, 4chan‎[1], /lgbt/:
      My nose is already pretty good and I don't want to bog myself.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "bog, n.¹" & "bog, v.¹" Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1887.
  2. ^ Oxford Dictionaries. "British English: bog". Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2016.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Collins English Dictionary. "bog". HarperCollins (London), 2016.
  4. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, "bog, n.⁴"
  5. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, "'bog-house, n." & "† 'boggard, n.²".
  6. ^ Merriam-Webster Online. "bog". Merriam-Webster (Springfield, Mass.), 2016.
  7. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, "bog, v.³"
  8. ^ Oxford English Dictionary. "† bog | bogge, n.²"
  9. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, "† bog, adj. and n.³" & † bog, v.²".

Anagrams

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔːˀɣ/, [ˈb̥ɔ̝ːˀw], [ˈb̥ɔ̝ːwˀ], [ˈb̥ɔ̽wˀ]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse bók (“beech, book”), from Proto-Germanic *bōks, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos (“beech”).

Noun

bog c (singular definite bogen, plural indefinite bøger)

  1. book
Declension
Declension of bog
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bog bogen bøger bøgerne
genitive bogs bogens bøgers bøgernes
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Maybe from Middle Low German bōk.

Noun

bog c (singular definite bogen, plural indefinite bog)

  1. beechnut, beech mast
Declension
Declension of bog
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bog bogen bog bogene
genitive bogs bogens bogs bogenes

References

Further reading

French

Noun

bog m (plural bogs)

  1. (ecology) an ombrotrophic peatland
    Antonym: fen

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [boːk]
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
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Verb

bog

  1. preterite tense of biegen

Hungarian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *poŋka (“knot, knob, protuberance, unevenness”). Cognates include Estonian pung.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈboɡ]
  • Rhymes: -oɡ

Noun

bog (plural bogok)

  1. knot
    Synonym: csomó

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative bog bogok
accusative bogot bogokat
dative bognak bogoknak
instrumental boggal bogokkal
causal-final bogért bogokért
translative boggá bogokká
terminative bogig bogokig
essive-formal bogként bogokként
essive-modal — —
inessive bogban bogokban
superessive bogon bogokon
adessive bognál bogoknál
illative bogba bogokba
sublative bogra bogokra
allative boghoz bogokhoz
elative bogból bogokból
delative bogról bogokról
ablative bogtól bogoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		bogé bogoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		bogéi bogokéi
Possessive forms of bog
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bogom bogaim
2nd person sing. bogod bogaid
3rd person sing. boga bogai
1st person plural bogunk bogaink
2nd person plural bogotok bogaitok
3rd person plural boguk bogaik

Derived terms

  • bogos
  • bogoz
Compound words
  • ág-bog

References

  1. ^ Entry #816 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ bog in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • bog in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • bog in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Irish

FWOTD – 15 June 2020

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish boc (“soft”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *buggos.

The verb is from Old Irish bocaid (“to soften”), from the adjective.[2]

Pronunciation

Adjective

bog (genitive singular masculine boig, genitive singular feminine boige, plural boga, comparative boige)

  1. soft (giving way under pressure; lacking strength or resolve; requiring little or no effort; easy)
    Synonym: tláith
  2. flabby (of physical condition)
  3. soft, mellow, gentle (of sound, voice)
    • 2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 2:
      Briseann tonnta boga in aghaidh na gcarraigeacha thíos faoi.
      [original: Waves gently lap against the rocks below.]
  4. (of weather) wet
  5. mild, humid (of winter)
  6. loose
  7. lukewarm
    Synonyms: alabhog, alathe, bogthe

Declension

Declension of bog
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative bog bhog boga;
bhoga2
vocative bhoig boga
genitive boige boga bog
dative bog;
bhog1 		bhog;
bhoig (archaic) 		boga;
bhoga2
Comparative níos boige
Superlative is boige

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Noun

bog m (genitive singular boig)

  1. something soft
  2. (anatomy, of ear) lobe
    Synonyms: liopa, maothán

Declension

Declension of bog (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative bog
vocative a bhoig
genitive boig
dative bog
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an bog
genitive an bhoig
dative leis an mbog
don bhog

Verb

bog (present analytic bogann, future analytic bogfaidh, verbal noun bogadh, past participle bogtha) (ambitransitive)

  1. soften, become soft; (of pain) ease; (of milk) warm; (of weather) get milder; soften, move (someone's heart)
  2. move, loosen; (of a cradle) rock

Conjugation

conjugation of bog (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun bogadh
past participle bogtha
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present bogaim bogann tú;
bogair† 		bogann sé, sí bogaimid bogann sibh bogann siad;
bogaid† 		a bhogann; a bhogas /
a mbogann* 		bogtar
past bhog mé; bhogas bhog tú; bhogais bhog sé, sí bhogamar; bhog muid bhog sibh; bhogabhair bhog siad; bhogadar a bhog /
ar bhog* 		bogadh
past habitual bhogainn / mbogainn‡‡ bhogtá / mbogtᇇ bhogadh sé, sí / mbogadh sé, s퇇 bhogaimis; bhogadh muid / mbogaimis‡‡; mbogadh muid‡‡ bhogadh sibh / mbogadh sibh‡‡ bhogaidís; bhogadh siad / mbogaidís‡‡; mbogadh siad‡‡ a bhogadh /
a mbogadh* 		bhogtaí / mbogta퇇
future bogfaidh mé;
bogfad 		bogfaidh tú;
bogfair† 		bogfaidh sé, sí bogfaimid;
bogfaidh muid 		bogfaidh sibh bogfaidh siad;
bogfaid† 		a bhogfaidh; a bhogfas /
a mbogfaidh* 		bogfar
conditional bhogfainn / mbogfainn‡‡ bhogfá / mbogfᇇ bhogfadh sé, sí / mbogfadh sé, s퇇 bhogfaimis; bhogfadh muid / mbogfaimis‡‡; mbogfadh muid‡‡ bhogfadh sibh / mbogfadh sibh‡‡ bhogfaidís; bhogfadh siad / mbogfaidís‡‡; mbogfadh siad‡‡ a bhogfadh /
a mbogfadh* 		bhogfaí / mbogfa퇇
subjunctive
present go mboga mé;
go mbogad† 		go mboga tú;
go mbogair† 		go mboga sé, sí go mbogaimid;
go mboga muid 		go mboga sibh go mboga siad;
go mbogaid† 		— go mbogtar
past dá mbogainn dá mbogtá dá mbogadh sé, sí dá mbogaimis;
dá mbogadh muid 		dá mbogadh sibh dá mbogaidís;
dá mbogadh siad 		— dá mbogtaí
imperative
– bogaim bog bogadh sé, sí bogaimis bogaigí;
bogaidh† 		bogaidís — bogtar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of bog
radical lenition eclipsis
bog bhog mbog

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 boc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bocaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 38, page 21
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 47
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 369, page 125

Further reading

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bogъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɔk]
  • Homophones: Bog, bok

Noun

bog m anim (feminine bogowka)

  1. god
  2. the Christ Child as a bringer of Christmas presents, compare German Christkind
  3. Christmas present

Declension

Declension of bog
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative bog boga bogi
Genitive boga bogowu bogow
Dative bogoju bogoma bogam
Accusative boga bogowu bogi, bogow
Instrumental bogom bogoma bogami
Locative bogu bogoma bogach

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “bog”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “bog”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Manx

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish boc (“soft”).

Adjective

bog (comparative s’buiggey)

  1. soft

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish boug, older spelling of bov, from Old Norse bógr, from Proto-Germanic *bōguz. The pronunciation is based on native Norwegian dialects.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [buːɡ]

Noun

bog m (definite singular bogen, indefinite plural boger, definite plural bogene)

  1. shoulder (of an animal)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buːɡ/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse bógr, from Proto-Germanic *bōguz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰús.

Noun

bog m (plural bogen)

  1. shoulder (primarily of an animal)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Noun

bog f (definite singular bogjå)

  1. (dialectal) alternative form of bok
    • 1996, Tobias Skretting, Attemed ånå, page 90:
      Takk for bogjå
      Thanks for the book
    • 1957, Reinert Ersdal, quoting Andreas Mjaasund, Bakke kyrkje: Krosskyrkja 200 år, [Flekkefjord]: [Soknerådet?]:
      Eg kan nok bli frelst etter bogjå, men ikkje ette det vonde hjerta mitt.
      I might be saved by the book, but not by my evil heart.

References

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *bōguz. Cognate with Old Saxon bōg, Old High German buog, Old Norse bógr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boːɡ/, [boːɣ]

Noun

bōg m

  1. branch or bough (of a tree)
  2. tendril or sprig (of a plant)
  3. arm or shoulder

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative bōg bōgas
accusative bōg bōgas
genitive bōges bōga
dative bōge bōgum

Descendants

  • Middle English: boȝ, bogh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish boc (“soft, gentle, tender; tepid”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pok/

Adjective

bog (comparative buige)

  1. soft
  2. wet, damp, moist

Declension

Case Masculine singular Feminine singular Plural
Nominative bog bhog boga
Vocative bhuig bhog boga
Genitive bhuig bhuig/buige bog(a)
Dative bhog bhuig boga

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of bog
radical lenition
bog bhog

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “bog”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 boc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bogъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bôːɡ/

Noun

bȏg m anim (Cyrillic spelling бо̑г)

  1. god, deity
  2. (colloquial) idol, god

Declension

Declension of bog
singular plural
nominative bȏg bògovi / bȍzi (poetic, regional)
genitive bȍga bògōvā / bȏgā (poetic, regional)
dative bȍgu bògovima / bȍzima (poetic, regional)
accusative bȍga bògove / bȍge (poetic, regional)
vocative bȍže bògovi / bȍzi (poetic, regional)
locative bȍgu bògovima / bȍzima (poetic, regional)
instrumental bȍgom bògovima / bȍzima (poetic, regional)

Derived terms

Slavomolisano

Etymology

Inherited from Serbo-Croatian bog.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bôːɡ/

Noun

bog m

  1. god

Declension

Declension of bog (anim series-1b masc cons-stem)
singular plural
nominative bog
 boga
genitive boga
 bog, bogi
dative bogu
 bogami, bogi
accusative bog, boga
 boga
locative bogu
 boga
instrumental bogom, bogam
 bogami, bogi

References

  • Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale)., pp. 394

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bogъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bóːk/
  • Hyphenation: bog
  • Homophone: bọ̑k

Noun

bọ̑g m anim (female equivalent bogínja)

  1. god
  2. (uncommon, figuratively) paragon[→SSKJ]
  3. (uncommon, figuratively) highest value[→SSKJ]

Usage notes

The dative singular form bogȗ is mostly limited to the phrase hvála bogȗ.

Declension

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First masculine declension (hard o-stem, animate, -ov- infix) , long mixed accent
nom. sing. bọ̑g
gen. sing. bogȃ
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik 		bọ̑g bogȏva, bogȃ bogȏvi
genitive
rodȋlnik 		bogȃ bogóv bogóv
dative
dajȃlnik 		bọ̑gu, bọ̑gi, bogȗ bogȏvoma, bogȏvama bogȏvom, bọ̑gȏvam
accusative
tožȋlnik 		bogȃ bogȏva, bogȃ bogȏve
locative
mẹ̑stnik 		bọ̑gu, bọ̑gi bogȏvih bogȏvih
instrumental
orọ̑dnik 		bọ̑gom bogȏvoma, bogȏvama bogȏvi
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) 		bọ̑g bogȏva, bogȃ bogȏvi


Interjection

bọ̑g

  1. god

Derived terms

  • bati se boga in hudiča
  • biti boga in hudiča
  • biti mar bog in hudič
  • Bọ̑g
  • Bog daj dobro
  • Bog daj nebesa
  • bog daj, bogdaj
  • bog ga daj
  • bog ima dolgo šibo
  • bog je sam sebi najprej brado ustvaril
  • bog je v detajlih
  • bog je v malenkostih
  • bog je v podrobnostih
  • bog kaj blagoslovi
  • bog koga k sebi vzame
  • bog koga pokliče
  • bog koga tepe
  • bog lonaj, boglonaj
  • bog mi je priča
  • bog ne daj, bognedaj
  • bog ne plačuje vsako soboto
  • bog ne zadeni
  • bog nebeški
  • Bog oče
  • bog plačaj
  • bog pomagaj, bogpomagaj
  • bog s tabo
  • bog se skriva v detajlih
  • bog se usmili
  • Bog sin
  • bog te je dal
  • bog te nesi
  • bog te nima rad
  • bog te živi
  • bog tiči v podrobnostih
  • bog v belem
  • bog varuj, bogvaruj
  • bog vedi, bogvedi, bogsigavedi
  • bog z njim
  • bog žegnaj
  • bog živi
  • bogami
  • bogȋnəc
  • bogínja
  • bọ̄govəc
  • bógovstvo
  • bọ̑gstvo
  • bogu za hrbtom
  • bogve
  • bogzna
  • bọ̑štvo
  • božȃnski
  • božȃnskost
  • božȃnstvən
  • božȃnstvenost
  • božȃnstvo
  • bóžji
  • brezbọ̑štvo
  • brezbọ́žən
  • človek obrača, bog obrne
  • dati cesarju, kar je cesarjevega, in bogu, kar je božjega
  • držati boga za jajca
  • držati kot lipov bog
  • gotov kot bog v nebesih
  • hvala bogu, hvalabogu
  • imeti za boga
  • kjer bog ven roko moli
  • kogar bogovi ljubijo, umre mlad
  • kot je koga bog ustvaril
  • krasti bogu čas
  • ljubi bog
  • moj bog, o bog, o moj bog
  • pobọ́žən
  • pobọ́žnost
  • počutiti kot bog
  • počutiti kot mali bog
  • pod milim bogom
  • prijeti boga za jajca
  • prizor za bogove
  • sedeti kot lipov bog
  • smiliti se bogu
  • spraviti z bogom
  • stati kot lipov bog
  • tako mi bog pomagaj
  • vsak po svoje boga moli
  • za boga milega
  • za boga svetega
  • živeti ko mali bog, živeti kot mali bog

See also

Further reading

  • “bog”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “bog”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish bōgher, from Old Norse bógr, from Proto-Germanic *bōguz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰāǵʰus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buːɡ/

Noun

bog c

  1. shoulder (of an animal)
  2. bow (front of boat or ship)

Declension

Declension of bog
nominative genitive
singular indefinite bog bogs
definite bogen bogens
plural indefinite bogar bogars
definite bogarna bogarnas

Derived terms

References

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