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Czech
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Czech roj, from Proto-Slavic *rojь.
Noun
roj m inan
- swarm
Declension
Declension of roj (soft masculine inanimate)
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
roj
- second-person singular imperative of rojit
Further reading
- roj in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- roj in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- roj in Internetová jazyková příručka
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
- swarm (large number of insects)
Declension
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
- an ebb tide
References
Mokilese
Pronunciation
Verb
roj
- (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
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ڕۆژ (roj)
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roj f
- Sun
- day
Derived terms
Related terms
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rojь.
Noun
rȏj m (Cyrillic spelling ро̑ј)
- swarm
Declension
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rojь.
Pronunciation
Noun
roj m inan (genitive singular roja, nominative plural roje, genitive plural rojov, declension pattern of stroj)
- swarm
Declension
Derived terms
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, 2024
White Hmong
Pronunciation
Noun
roj
- fat
Zazaki
Etymology
Related to Persian روز (ruz).
Noun
roj (n)
- Sun
- day