бости

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bosti.

Verb

бости (bostiimpf

  1. to pierce

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Bulgarian: бода (boda)
  • Serbo-Croatian: бо̏сти/bȍsti
  • Slovene: bosti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bosti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰodʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bôsti/
  • Hyphenation: бо‧сти

Verb

бо̏сти impf (Latin spelling bȍsti)

  1. (transitive) to stab
  2. (transitive) to sting, prick

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • бости”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024