бо

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Belarusian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *bo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [bo]
  • Audio:(file)

Conjunction

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бо (bo)

  1. because

Synonyms

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Further reading

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  • бо”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

Chechen

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Noun

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бо (bo)

  1. orphan

Ingush

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Noun

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бо (bo)

  1. orphan

Macedonian

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Pronunciation

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  • (Bitola) IPA(key): /ˈbɒ(ː)/, /ˈbo̞(ː)/

Interjection

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бо (bo)

  1. (regional, Bitola) wow

Old Church Slavonic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *bo.

Conjunction

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бо (bo)

  1. for

Old East Slavic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *bo. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic бо (bo) and Old Polish bo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bɔ//bɔ//bɔ/

  • Hyphenation: бо

Conjunction

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бо (bo)

  1. for, as
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik[1], page 2:
      рече бо въ сьрдьци моѥмь съкрꙑхъ словеса твоꙗ да не съгрѣшѫ тебѣ·
      reče bo vŭ sĭrdĭci mojemĭ sŭkryxŭ slovesa tvoja da ne sŭgrěšǫ tebě·
      For [one] said: In my heart I hid your words so I won't commit a sin before you

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Old Ruthenian: бо (bo)
    • Belarusian: бо (bo)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: бо (bo)
    • Ukrainian: бо (bo)

References

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  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “бо”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[2] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 124

Pannonian Rusyn

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Slovak bo, from Proto-Slavic *bo. Cognate with Czech, Polish, and Slovak bo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbɔ]
  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: бо

Conjunction

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бо (bo)

  1. because

Adverb

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бо (bo)

  1. namely

Further reading

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Tajik

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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Dari با
Iranian Persian
Tajik бо

бо (bo)

  1. with

Tuvan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *bu (this). Cognate with Turkish bu (this).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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бо (bo)

  1. (demonstrative) this
    Бо номнуң ады чүл?Bo nomnuñ adı çül?What is this book's name?

See also

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Ruthenian бо (bo), from Old East Slavic бо (bo), from Proto-Slavic *bo.

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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бо (bo)

  1. because, for, since, as
    Synonyms: тому́ що (tomú ščo), адже́ (adžé), оскі́льки (oskílʹky), позая́к (pozaják)

References

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