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Bulgarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *boľь (“pain”). Originally a feminine i-stem.
Noun
бол • (bol) m or f
- (archaic or poetic) pain, ache
- (dialectal) sick person
- Synonym: болник (bolnik)
Declension
Declension of бол (standard masculine declension)
Declension of бол (archaic feminine declension, for the meaning "pain", "ache")
Derived terms
- боля (bolja, “to ache”)
- болея (boleja, “to feel pain, to suffer”)
- болие (bolie, “chronic pain”)
- болка (bolka, “pain”)
- зъбобол (zǎbobol, “tooth-ache”)
- гърлобол (gǎrlobol, “throat-ache”)
- главобол (glavobol, “head-ache”)
- сърцебол (sǎrcebol), сърдебол (sǎrdebol, “heart-ache”)
References
- бол¹ and бол² in Речник на българския език
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бол¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 64
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بوللق (bolluk, “abundance”), cognate with Turkish bolluk.
Adverb
бол • (bol) (comparative по́-бол, superlative на́й-бол)
- (dialectal) much
References
- бол⁴ in Речник на българския език
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бол²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 64
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Greek μπόλι (bóli).
Noun
бол • (bol) m
- (dialectal, obsolete) vaccine
- Synonym: ваксина (vaksina)
Declension
Derived terms
References
- бол³ in Речник на българския език
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бол³”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 64
Etymology 4
From Bulgarian бода (boda).
Participle
бол • (bol)
- indefinite masculine singular past active aorist participle of бода́ (bodá)
Anagrams
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bolь.
Pronunciation
Noun
бол • (bol) m (plural болови)
- pain
- Synonym: болка (bolka)
Mongolian
Etymology 1
From болбол (bolbol, “if it be”, conditional converb of болох (bolox)) by haplology.
Pronunciation
Particle
бол • (bol)
- if
- I wonder if (paired with уу)
- (topic marker) as for
Бат бол монгол хүн.- Bat bol mongol xün.
- Batu, he is Mongolian.
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
бол • (bol)
- second-person imperative of болох (bolox, “to become”)
Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
бол • (bol) f inan pl
- genitive plural of бо́ла (bóla)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bolěti and Proto-Slavic *bolь.
Pronunciation
Noun
бо̑л f or m (Latin spelling bȏl)
- pain, aching
- задати бол ― to inflict pain
Declension
Tajik
Etymology
Inherited from Classical Persian بَال (bāl)
Pronunciation
Noun
бол • (bol) (Persian spelling بال)
- wing