# бос
## Bulgarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɔs]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *bosъ.

#### Adjective

бос • (bos) (diminutive бо́сичък)
* barefoot
* (figurative, colloquial) untrained

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English boss, from Dutch baas (“master”).

#### Noun

бос • (bos) m
* boss, chief

##### Declension
## Chechen
### Pronunciation

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### Noun

бос • (bos) ?
* color

## Ingush
### Pronunciation

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### Noun

бос • (bos) ?
* color

## Kazakh

Alternative scripts :
| Arabic | بوس |
| Cyrillic | бос |
| Latin | bos |
| Yañalif | ʙos |

### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *boĺ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bos]

### Adjective

бос • (bos)
* empty
* free, vacant, unoccupied
* unwired
* worthless
* weak-willed

#### Antonyms

* толы (toly)

## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɔs]
* Homophone: боз (boz)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bosъ.

#### Adjective

бос • (bos) (not comparable, diminutive босичок, abstract noun босота or босотија)
* barefoot, unshod
    Synonyms: босоног (bosonog), необуен (neobuen)
    Antonym: обуен (obuen)
* unshod (of horses)
    Synonym: непоткован (nepotkovan)
    Antonym: поткован (potkovan)

##### Related terms

* набосо (naboso)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English boss, from Dutch baas (“master”).

#### Noun

бос • (bos) m (plural босови)
* (colloquial) boss, chief

##### Declension
### References

* Koneski, Kiril (1999) “бос”, in Правописен речник на македонскиот литературен јазик (Pravopisen rečnik na makedonskiot literaturen jazik) [Orthographic Dictionary of the Macedonian literary language] (in Macedonian), "Prosvetno delo", page 30
* “бос” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

## Nogai
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *boĺ. Cognate to Karakalpak bos, etc.

### Adjective

бос • (bos)
* empty

### References

* N. A. Baskakov, S.A Kalmykov, editor (1963), “бос”, in Nogajsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Nogai-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: karačajevo-čerkesskij naučno- issledovatelʹskij institut jazyka, literatury i istorii, →ISBN

## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bos]

### Adjective

бос • (bos)
* short masculine singular of босо́й (bosój)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bosъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bôːs/

### Adjective

бо̑с (Latin spelling bȏs, definite бо̑сӣ)
* barefoot

#### Declension
## Southern Altai
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *boŕ (“gray”). Cognate with Kazakh боз (boz), Kyrgyz боз (boz), Crimean Tatar boz, Kumyk боз (boz), Azerbaijani boz, Turkish boz, Northern Altai пус (pus), etc.

### Adjective

бос • (bos)
* gray

#### Derived terms

* ак-бос (ak-bos, adjective)
* кара-бос (kara-bos, adjective)
* кӧк-бос (kök-bos, adjective)

### References

Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “бос”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN
L. T. Rjumina-Syrkaševa, editor (1995), “бос”, in Teleutsko-russkij slovarʹ [Teleut–Russian Dictionary], Kemerovo: N. A. Kučigaševa, →ISBN

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English boss.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɔs]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

бос • (bos) m pers (genitive бо́са, nominative plural бо́си, genitive plural бо́сів)
* boss

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “бос”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
* “бос”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
* “бос”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)