кой

• IPA^(key): [kʷaj]

кой • (kʷoj)

1. village

• (village): къуажэ (qʷažɛ) (Kabardian)
• (village): къуаджэ (qʷadžɛ) (Adyghe)

From Proto-Slavic *kъjь.

• IPA^(key): [kɔj]

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кой • (koj) m (interrogative)

1. who, which (one) (used to ask about the identity of one or more people or things)

   Кой го напра́ви?

   Koj go naprávi?

   Who did it?

   Коя́ е та́зи жена́?

   Kojá e tázi žená?

   Who is that woman?

   Кого́ питаш?

   Kogó pitaš?

   Who are you asking?

   С кого́ разговарям?

   S kogó razgovarjam?

   Who am I talking to?

   Кои́ от пациентите се възстановиха?

   Koí ot pacientite se vǎzstanoviha?

   Which of the patients have recovered?

   Кое́ искаш?

   Koé iskaš?

   Which one do you want?

   Кому́ да благодаря́? (archaic)

   Komú da blagodarjá?

   Who should I thank?

2. (as a conjunction) who, which, what (used to introduce an indirect question)

   Не зная кой ще дойде.

   Ne znaja koj šte dojde.

   I don't know who will come.

   Чудя се от кого́ беше писмото.

   Čudja se ot kogó beše pismoto.

   I wonder who the letter was from.

   Решението, кого́ да поканим, беше трудно.

   Rešenieto, kogó da pokanim, beše trudno.

   The decision who to invite was a difficult one.

   Изтръпвам при мисълта, кой би могъл да направи подобно нещо.

   Iztrǎpvam pri misǎlta, koj bi mogǎl da napravi podobno nešto.

   I shudder at the thought who could do such a thing.

The accusative, dative and prepositional forms are used only when кой (koj) is a pronoun standing on its own (not a determiner standing in front of a noun) and refers to a person. The dative form is dated and is replaced by на (na) + the prepositional form:

На кого́ да благодаря́.

Na kogó da blagodarjá.

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In informal Bulgarian the nominative form is often used instead of the accusative and prepositional ones:

Кой питаш, с кой разговарям.

Koj pitaš, s koj razgovarjam.

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This usage is not considered standard.

кой • (koj) m (interrogative)

1. which, what (used to ask about the identity of one or more people or things)

   Кой чове́к би напра́вил подо́бно не́що?

   Koj čovék bi naprávil podóbno néšto?

   What person would do such a thing?

   Коя́ жена́ би се омъжила за него?

   Kojá žená bi se omǎžila za nego?

   What woman would marry him?

   Кое́ яйце е по-тежко?

   Koé jajce e po-težko?

   Which egg is heavier?

   На кой стол седеше?

   Na koj stol sedeše?

   Which chair was she sitting on?

2. (as a conjunction) who, which, what (used to introduce an indirect question)

   Не можеха да решат коя́ песен да пуснат.

   Ne možeha da rešat kojá pesen da pusnat.

   They couldn't decide which song to play.

   Попитах ги през кои́ градове са минали.

   Popitah gi prez koí gradove sa minali.

   I asked them what towns they went through.

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kuja (“custom, habit, way, manner”). Compare Proto-Finnic *kujëh, whence Finnish kuje (“practical joke”).

First coined in sense of body of administrative rules by bishop Damaskin in 1785.

кой • (koj)

1. tradition, custom
   • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 53:

     Son že jovtaź synenst otvets: mezeń kis tyńgak kalavtsynk pazoń zapovedenze tynk koienk kis?

     Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

2. way, manner
3. law

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Borrowed from Russian кое- (koje-).

кой • (koj)

1. As part of compound particles:

   кой-зярдо, кой-косо

   koj -źardo, koj -koso

   sometimes, somewhere

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “кой”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #381 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

From Proto-Turkic; cognate with Kazakh қой (qoi), Uzbek qo'y, Azerbaijani qoyun, Turkmen goýun, Turkish koyun.

кой • (koy) (Arabic spelling قوي)

1. sheep (mammal of the genus Ovis)

Inherited from Old East Slavic кꙑи (kyi), from Proto-Slavic *kъjь (“who, what, which”), from *kъ (“who”) + *-jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kas (“who”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos (“who”).

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кой • (koj)

1. (archaic, literary) how, which, who, what

   Synonyms: како́й (kakój), кото́рый (kotóryj)

   Antonym: никой (nikoj)

   в ко́и-то ве́ки ― v kói-to véki ― once in a very long time

   до ко́их пор? ― do kóix por? ― how long?

   из ко́их ― iz kóix ― of which; of whom

   на кой чёрт? ― na koj čort? ― what the hell for?

   ни в ко́ей ме́ре ― ni v kójej mére ― not in the least

   ни в ко́ем ра́зе ― ni v kójem ráze ― not on your nelly

   ни в ко́ем слу́чае ― ni v kójem slúčaje ― on no account; by no means

   ни ко́им о́бразом ― ni kóim óbrazom ― there is no way

Now only found in a few set phrases and expressions.

• кое- (koje-)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кой”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress\

From Proto-Turkic; cognate with Kazakh қой (qoi), Uzbek qo'y, Azerbaijani qoyun, Turkmen goýun, Turkish koyun.

кой • (koy)

1. sheep

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