боб

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Bulgarian

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *bobъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ-.

Noun

боб (bobm (relational adjective бо́бен or бо́бов)

  1. bean (plant or seed)
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Etymology 2

Noun

боб (bobm

  1. (sports) bobsled
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Macedonian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bobъ.

Noun

боб (bobm (uncountable)

  1. (dialectal) bean
    Synonym: грав m (grav)
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bob.

Noun

боб (bobm (plural бо́бови)

  1. (sports) bobsled
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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 (bobm inan (genitive боба́, nominative plural бобы́, genitive plural бобо́в, relational adjective бобо́вый)

  1. 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.

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Descendants
  • Yakut: боб (bob)

Etymology 2

Noun

боб (bobm inan (genitive бо́ба, nominative plural бо́бы, genitive plural бо́бов)

  1. (informal) bobsled
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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bobъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

бо̏б m (Latin spelling bȍb)

  1. broad bean
  2. horse bean
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Etymology 2

From English bob.

Pronunciation

Noun

бо̏б m (Latin spelling bȍb)

  1. bobsled
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Ukrainian

Pronunciation

Noun

боб (bobm inan (genitive бо́ба, nominative plural бо́би, genitive plural бо́бів)

  1. (informal) bobsled

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References

Yakut

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian боб (bob), itself cognate with English fava and its doublet bean.

Noun

боб (bob)

  1. bean (especially the broad bean, Vicia faba)