бо

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Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (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 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

Preposition

Dari با
Iranian Persian
Tajik бо

бо (bo)

  1. with

Tuvan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Conjunction

бо (bo)

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

References