# boj
## 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”). Usually attested in the passive form bohet.

### Verb

boj (aorist bova, participle buar)
* to mate

#### Conjugation

* Show compound tenses:

#### Derived terms

* dëboj

### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 30

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈboj]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

boj m inan
* fight

##### Related terms

* bojovat
* bojovník
* bojovný

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

boj
* 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)

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Interjection

boj
* bark of a dog; woof!

#### Related terms

* boji (“to bark”)

## Lower Sorbian
### Verb

boj
* Superseded spelling of bój.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bojь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bôːj/

### Noun

bȏj m (Cyrillic spelling бо̑ј)
* battle

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bojь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɔj]

### Noun

boj m inan (relational adjective bojový)
* fight, battle, conflict
* struggle, a great effort to achieve something

#### Declension
### 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, 2003–2025

## 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: /ˈbox/ [ˈbox]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -ox
* Syllabification: boj

### Noun

boj m (plural bojes)
* box (tree), boxwood

### Further reading

* “boj”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## 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
* buoy; a moored float
* 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

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