бо

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bo"

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bo]
  • (file)

Conjunction

бо • (bo)

  1. because

Synonyms

Further reading

  • бо”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

Chechen

Noun

бо • (bo)

  1. orphan

Ingush

Noun

бо • (bo)

  1. orphan

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bo.

Conjunction

бо • (bo)

  1. for

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bo. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic бо (bo) and Old Polish bo.

Pronunciation

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /bɔ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /bɔ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /bɔ/
  • Hyphenation: бо

Conjunction

бо (bo)

  1. for, as
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik, page 2:
      рече бо въ сьрдьци моѥмь съкрꙑхъ словеса твоꙗ да не съгрѣшѫ тебѣ·
      reče bo vŭ sĭrdĭci mojemĭ sŭkryxŭ slovesa tvoja da ne sŭgrěšǫ tebě·
      For [one] said: In my heart I hid your words so I won't commit a sin before you

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: бо (bo)
    • Belarusian: бо (bo)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: бо (bo)
    • Ukrainian: бо (bo)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “бо”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 124

Tajik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔ/, [bɔ]

Preposition

Dari با
Iranian Persian
Tajik бо

бо • (bo)

  1. with

Tuvan

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bu (this). Cognate with Turkish bu (this).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔ/

Pronoun

бо • (bo)

  1. (demonstrative) this
    Бо номнуң ады чүл?Bo nomnuñ adı çül?What is this book's name?

See also

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian бо (bo), from Old East Slavic бо (bo), from Proto-Slavic *bo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɔ]
  • (file)

Conjunction

бо • (bo)

  1. because, for, since, as
    Synonyms: тому́ що (tomú ščo), адже́ (adžé), оскі́льки (oskílʹky), позая́к (pozaják)

References

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