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Bulgarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *bobъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ-.
Noun
боб • (bob) m (relational adjective бо́бен or бо́бов)
- bean (plant or seed)
Declension
Etymology 2
Noun
боб • (bob) m
- (sports) bobsled
Declension
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bobъ.
Noun
боб • (bob) m (uncountable)
- (dialectal) bean
- Synonym: грав m (grav)
Declension
Declension of боб
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singular
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indefinite
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боб
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definite unspecified
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бобот
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definite proximal
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бобов
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definite distal
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бобон
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vocative
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бобу
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from English bob.
Noun
боб • (bob) m (plural бо́бови)
- (sports) bobsled
Declension
References
- “боб” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bobъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ-.
Noun
боб • (bob) m inan (genitive боба́, nominative plural бобы́, genitive plural бобо́в, relational adjective бобо́вый)
- bean
- Synonym: фасоль (fasolʹ)
Usage notes
Apart from фасо́ль being a collective noun while бобы́ is not, the words are largely interchangeable. There may be a subconscious preference to refer to beans in a culinary context as "фасоль" and in an agricultural context as "бобы́", but this is not universal.
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Noun
боб • (bob) m inan (genitive бо́ба, nominative plural бо́бы, genitive plural бо́бов)
- (informal) bobsled
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bobъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
бо̏б m (Latin spelling bȍb)
- broad bean
- horse bean
Declension
Etymology 2
From English bob.
Pronunciation
Noun
бо̏б m (Latin spelling bȍb)
- bobsled
Declension
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
Noun
боб • (bob) m inan (genitive бо́ба, nominative plural бо́би, genitive plural бо́бів)
- (informal) bobsled
Declension
Declension of боб (inan hard masc-form accent-a)
References
Yakut
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian боб (bob), itself cognate with English fava and its doublet bean.
Noun
боб • (bob)
- bean (especially the broad bean, Vicia faba)