бос

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See also: боҫ

Bulgarian

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *bosъ.

Adjective

бос (bos) (diminutive бо́сичък)

  1. barefoot
  2. (figurative, colloquial) untrained
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English boss, from Dutch baas (master).

Noun

бос (bosm

  1. boss, chief
Declension

Chechen

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Noun

бос (bos?

  1. color

Ingush

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Noun

бос (bos?

  1. color

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic بوس
Cyrillic бос
Latin bos
Yañalif ʙos

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *boĺ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

бос (bos)

  1. empty
  2. free, vacant, unoccupied
  3. unwired
  4. worthless
  5. weak-willed

Antonyms

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bosъ.

Adjective

бос (bos) (not comparable, diminutive босичок, abstract noun босота or босотија)

  1. barefoot, unshod
    Synonyms: босоног (bosonog), необуен (neobuen)
    Antonym: обуен (obuen)
  2. unshod (of horses)
    Synonym: непоткован (nepotkovan)
    Antonym: поткован (potkovan)
Declension
Declension of бос
masculine feminine neuter plural
indefinite бос (bos) боса (bosa) босо (boso) боси (bosi)
definite unspecified босиот (bosiot) босата (bosata) босото (bosoto) босите (bosite)
definite proximal босиов (bosiov) босава (bosava) босово (bosovo) босиве (bosive)
definite distal босион (bosion) босана (bosana) босоно (bosono) босине (bosine)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English boss, from Dutch baas (master).

Noun

бос (bosm (plural босови)

  1. (colloquial) boss, chief
Declension
Declension of бос
singular plural
indefinite бос (bos) босови (bosovi)
definite unspecified босот (bosot) босовите (bosovite)
definite proximal босов (bosov) босовиве (bosovive)
definite distal босон (boson) босовине (bosovine)
vocative босу (bosu) босови (bosovi)
count form боса (bosa)

References

  • Koneski, Kiril (1999) “бос”, in Правописен речник на македонскиот литературен јазик (Pravopisen rečnik na makedonskiot literaturen jazik) [Orthographic Dictionary of the Macedonian literary language] (in Macedonian), "Prosvetno delo", page 30
  • бос” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu

Nogai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *boĺ. Cognate to Karakalpak bos, etc.

Adjective

бос (bos)

  1. empty

References

  • N. A. Baskakov, S.A Kalmykov, editor (1963), “бос”, in Nogajsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Nogai-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: karačajevo-čerkesskij naučno- issledovatelʹskij institut jazyka, literatury i istorii, →ISBN

Russian

Pronunciation

Adjective

бос (bos)

  1. short masculine singular of босо́й (bosój)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bosъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

бо̑с (Latin spelling bȏs, definite бо̑сӣ)

  1. barefoot

Declension

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *boŕ (gray). Cognate with Kazakh боз (boz), Kyrgyz боз (boz), Crimean Tatar boz, Kumyk боз (boz), Azerbaijani boz, Turkish boz, Northern Altai пус (pus), etc.

Adjective

бос (bos)

  1. gray

Derived terms

References

Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “бос”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN

L. T. Rjumina-Syrkaševa, editor (1995), “бос”, in Teleutsko-russkij slovarʹ [Teleut–Russian Dictionary], Kemerovo: N. A. Kučigaševa, →ISBN

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from English boss.

Pronunciation

Noun

бос (bosm pers (genitive бо́са, nominative plural бо́си, genitive plural бо́сів)

  1. boss

Declension

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