boj

See also: Appendix:Variations of "boj"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Bogadjim.

Symbol

boj

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Anjam.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Anjam terms

Albanian

Etymology

Metaphoric use of boj (“to drive”) (see dëboj), from Proto-Albanian *bāgnja, related to Lithuanian běgti (“to run”), Latvian bêgt (“id.”), Old Prussian begeyte (“id.”) and Greek φέβομαι (févomai, “to be put to flight, flee”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ-. Usually attested in the passive form bohet.

Verb

boj (aorist bova, participle buar)

1. to mate

Conjugation

Standard Albanian conjugation of boj (active voice)

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		participle		buar
		gerund		duke buar
		infinitive		për të buar
singular			plural
1st pers.	2nd pers.	3rd pers.	1st pers.	2nd pers.	3rd pers.
indicative	present	boj	bon	bon	bojmë	boni	bojnë
	imperfect	boja	boje	bonte	bonim	bonit	bonin
	aorist	bova	bove	boi	buam	buat	buan
perfect	kam buar	ke buar	ka buar	kemi buar	keni buar	kanë buar
past perfect	kisha buar	kishe buar	kishte buar	kishim buar	kishit buar	kishin buar
aorist II	pata buar	pate buar	pati buar	patëm buar	patët buar	patën buar
future1	do të boj	do të bosh	do të bojë	do të bojmë	do të boni	do të bojnë
future perfect2	do të kem buar	do të kesh buar	do të ketë buar	do të kemi buar	do të keni buar	do të kenë buar
subjunctive	present	të boj	të bosh	të bojë	të bojmë	të boni	të bojnë
imperfect	të boja	të boje	të bonte	të bonim	të bonit	të bonin
perfect	të kem buar	të kesh buar	të ketë buar	të kemi buar	të keni buar	të kenë buar
past perfect	të kisha buar	të kishe buar	të kishte buar	të kishim buar	të kishit buar	të kishin buar
conditional1, 2	imperfect	do të boja	do të boje	do të bonte	do të bonim	do të bonit	do të bonin
	past perfect	do të kisha buar	do të kishe buar	do të kishte buar	do të kishim buar	do të kishit buar	do të kishin buar
optative	present	bofsha	bofsh	boftë	bofshim	bofshi	bofshin
perfect	paça buar	paç buar	pastë buar	paçim buar	paçit buar	paçin buar
admirative	present	buakam	buake	buaka	buakemi	buakeni	buakan
	imperfect	buakësha	buakëshe	buakësh	buakëshim	buakëshit	buakëshin
perfect	paskam buar	paske buar	paska buar	paskemi buar	paskeni buar	paskan buar
past perfect	paskësha buar	paskëshe buar	paskësh buar	paskëshim buar	paskëshit buar	paskëshin buar
imperative	present	—	bo	—	—	boni	—
1) indicative future identical with conditional present 2) indicative future perfect identical with conditional perfect

Derived terms

• dëboj

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈboj]

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech boj, from Proto-Slavic *bojь. Deverbal from bít.

Noun

boj m inan

1. fight

Declension

Declension of boj (soft masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	boj	boje
genitive	boje	bojů
dative	boji	bojům
accusative	boj	boje
vocative	boji	boje
locative	boji	bojích
instrumental	bojem	boji

Related terms

• bojovat
• bojovník
• bojovný

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

boj

1. second-person singular imperative of bát

Further reading

• “boj”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “boj”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “boj”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boi̯/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oi̯
• Syllabification: boj

Interjection

boj

1. bark of a dog; woof!

Related terms

• boji (“to bark”)

Lower Sorbian

Verb

boj

1. superseded spelling of bój

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bojь. Deverbal from bíti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈboj/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈboj/

Noun

boj m inan

1. fight

   Obě straně bojě jsta křivě.

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Declension

Declension of boj (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	boj	bojě	boji, bojové
genitive	bojě	bojú	bojóv
dative	boju	bojoma	bojóm
accusative	boj	bojě	bojě
vocative	boju	bojě	boji, bojové
locative	boji, boju	bojú	bojích
instrumental	bojem	bojoma	boji

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

• Czech: boj

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “boj”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bojь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bôːj/

Noun

bȏj m inan (Cyrillic spelling бо̑ј)

1. battle

Declension

Declension of boj

	singular	plural
nominative	bȏj	bòjevi
genitive	bȍja	bojévā
dative	bȍju	bojèvima
accusative	bȏj	bòjeve
vocative	bȍju	bȍjevi
locative	bòju	bojèvima
instrumental	bȍjem	bojèvima

Further reading

• “boj”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
• “boj”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bojь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔj/, [ˈbɔɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -ɔj

Noun

boj m inan (relational adjective bojový)

1. fight, battle, conflict
2. struggle, a great effort to achieve something

Declension

Declension of boj
(pattern stroj)

	singular	plural
nominative	boj	boje
genitive	boja	bojov
dative	boju	bojom
accusative	boj	boje
locative	boji	bojoch
instrumental	bojom	bojmi

Derived terms

nouns

• desaťboj

Further reading

• “boj”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• boje

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan boix, from Latin buxus, from Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos). Compare the inherited regional inherited doublet bujo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbox/ [ˈbox]

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• Rhymes: -ox
• Syllabification: boj

Noun

boj m (plural bojes)

1. box (tree), boxwood

Further reading

• “boj”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German boie or Middle Dutch boeye, from Old French buie (“fetter, chain”), itself of Germanic origin, from Frankish *baukn (“symbol, sign”).

Noun

boj c

1. buoy; a moored float
2. baize (textile, a woolen stuff)

Usage notes

The textile (definition 2) has previously been neuter gender, but has been masculine (and common gender) since the 1st edition of SAOL (1874)

Declension

Declension of boj

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	boj	bojs
	definite	bojen	bojens
plural	indefinite	bojar	bojars
	definite	bojarna	bojarnas

Declension of boj

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	boj	bojs
	definite	bojen	bojens
plural	indefinite	bojer	bojers
	definite	bojerna	bojernas

Derived terms

• angöringsboj
• bojlina
• flytboj
• förtöjningsboj
• klockboj
• livboj
• ljudboj
• lysboj

References

• Boj in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)
• boj in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• boj in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• boj in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• boj in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)

Anagrams

• Job