бозна

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From бог зна́є (boh znáje, God knows).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

бо́зна (bózna)

  1. (colloquial, with interrogative adverb or pronoun) God knows, heaven knows
    Synonym: невідо́мо (nevidómo)
    • (Can we date this quote?), Vasyl Symonenko, Білі привиди [White Ghosts]‎:
      Нудні і невиразні піднімалися в танцзал і [...] страшенно бездумно патякали бозна про що й для чого.
      Nudni i nevyrazni pidnimalysja v tanczal i [...] strašenno bezdumno patjakaly bozna pro ščo j dlja čoho.
      Boring and inexpressive, they went up to the dance hall and terribly mindlessly prattled God knows about what and for what.

Derived terms

Predicative

бо́зна (bózna)

  1. (colloquial) God knows, heaven knows
    Synonyms: невідо́мо (nevidómo), хто́зна (xtózna)

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