roj

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See also: rój and röj

Czech

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech roj, from Proto-Slavic *rojь.

Noun

roj m inan

  1. swarm
Declension
Declension of roj (soft masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative roj roje
genitive roje rojů
dative roji rojům
accusative roj roje
vocative roji roje
locative roji rojích
instrumental rojem roji
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

roj

  1. second-person singular imperative of rojit

Further reading

  • “roj”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “roj”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “roj”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rojь. Cognate with Upper Sorbian rój, Polish rój, Czech roj, Serbo-Croatian rȏj, and Russian рой (roj).

Pronunciation

Noun

roj m inan

  1. swarm (large number of insects)

Declension

Declension of roj
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative roj roja roje
Genitive roja rojowu rojow
Dative rojoju rojoma rojam
Accusative roj roja roje
Instrumental rojom rojoma rojami
Locative roju rojoma rojach

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “roj”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “roj”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Marshallese

Pronunciation

Noun

roj

  1. an ebb tide

References

Mokilese

Pronunciation

Verb

roj

  1. (stative) to be finished

Derived terms

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *ráwčah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ráwčas, from Proto-Indo-European *léwk-os ~ *léwk-es-os, from *lewk- (“white, light, bright”). Compare Persian روز (ruz), Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬗𐬀𐬥𐬙 (raocant, “shining”), 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬗𐬀𐬵 (raocah, “light”), Sanskrit रोचते (rocate, “to shine”).

Pronunciation

Noun

Central Kurdish ڕۆژ (roj)

roj f

  1. Sun
  2. day

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rojь.

Noun

rȏj m (Cyrillic spelling ро̑ј)

  1. swarm

Declension

Declension of roj
singular plural
nominative rȏj ròjevi
genitive rȍja rojeva
dative roju rojevima
accusative roj rojeve
vocative roje rojevi
locative roju rojevima
instrumental rojem rojevima

Slovak

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rojь.

Pronunciation

Noun

roj m inan (relational adjective rojový)

  1. swarm

Declension

Declension of roj (pattern stroj)
singularplural
nominativerojroje
genitiverojarojov
dativerojurojom
accusativerojroje
locativerojirojoch
instrumentalrojomrojmi

Further reading

  • “roj”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

White Hmong

Pronunciation

Noun

roj

  1. fat

Zazaki

Etymology

Related to Persian روز (ruz).

Noun

roj (n)

  1. Sun
  2. day
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