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Ukrainian
Etymology
From бог зна́є (boh znáje, “God knows”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
бо́зна • (bózna)
- (colloquial, with interrogative adverb or pronoun) God knows, heaven knows
- Synonym: невідо́мо (nevidómo)
(Can we date this quote?), Vasyl Symonenko, Білі привиди [White Ghosts]:Нудні і невиразні піднімалися в танцзал і [...] страшенно бездумно патякали бозна про що й для чого.- Nudni i nevyrazni pidnimalysja v tanczal i [...] strašenno bezdumno patjakaly bozna pro ščo j dlja čoho.
- Boring and inexpressive, they went up to the dance hall and terribly mindlessly prattled God knows about what and for what.
Derived terms
Predicative
бо́зна • (bózna)
- (colloquial) God knows, heaven knows
- Synonyms: невідо́мо (nevidómo), хто́зна (xtózna)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “бозна”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2010), “бозна”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (а – бязь), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “бозна”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “бозна”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “бозна”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “бозна”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)