# бо
## Belarusian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bo]
* Audio:(file)

### Conjunction

бо • (bo)
* because

#### Synonyms

* таму́ што (tamú što)

### Further reading

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

## Chechen
### Pronunciation

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### Noun

бо • (bo) ?
* orphan

## Ingush
### Pronunciation

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### Noun

бо • (bo) ?
* orphan

## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* (Bitola) IPA: /ˈbɒ(ː)/, /ˈbo̞(ː)/

### Interjection

бо • (bo)
* (regional, Bitola) wow

## Old Church Slavonic
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bo.

### Conjunction

бо • (bo)
* for

## Old East Slavic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɔ/→/bɔ/→/bɔ/
* (ca. 9th CE) IPA: /bɔ/
* (ca. 11th CE) IPA: /bɔ/
* (ca. 13th CE) IPA: /bɔ/
* Hyphenation: бо

### Conjunction

бо (bo)
* for, as
** 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik‎, 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

* убо (ubo)

#### Descendants

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

### References

* 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]‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 124

## Pannonian Rusyn
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɔ]
* Rhymes: -ɔ
* Hyphenation: бо

### Conjunction

бо (bo)
* because
    Synonym: прето же (preto že)

### Adverb

бо (bo)
* namely

### Further reading

* Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “бо”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy

## Tajik
### Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian بَا (bā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bo/, [bɔ]

### Preposition

бо • (bo) (Persian spelling با)
* with

## Tuvan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔ/

### Pronoun

бо • (bo)
* (demonstrative) this
    Бо номнуң ады чүл? ― Bo nomnuñ adı çül? ― What is this book's name?

### See also

| pronoun | nominative | genitive | accusative | dative | locative | ablative | allative |
| this | бо (bo) | мооң (mooñ) | мону (monu) | маңаа (mañaa) | мында (mında) | моон (moon) | боже (boje) |
| that | ол (ol) | ооң (ooñ) | ону (onu) | аңаа (añaa) | ында (ında) | оон (oon) | олче (olçe) |
| that (distal) | дөө (döö) | дөөң (dööñ) | дөөну (döönu) | дүгээ (dügee) | дүгде (dügde) | дөөн (döön) | дөөже (dööje) |
| these | болар (bolar) | боларның (bolarnıñ) | боларны (bolarnı) | боларга (bolarga) | боларда (bolarda) | болардан (bolardan) | боларже (bolarje) |
| those | олар (olar) | оларның (olarnıñ) | оларны (olarnı) | оларга (olarga) | оларда (olarda) | олардан (olardan) | оларже (olarje) |
| those (distal) | дөөлер (dööler) | дөөлерниң (döölerniñ) | дөөлерни (döölerni) | дөөлерге (döölerge) | дөөлерде (döölerde) | дөөлерден (döölerden) | дөөлерже (döölerje) |

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɔ]
* Audio:(file)

### Conjunction

бо • (bo)
* because, for, since, as
    Synonyms: тому́ що (tomú ščo), адже́ (adžé), а що (a ščo)

### References

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “бо”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “бо”, 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
* A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “бо”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
* A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “бо”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
* “бо”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
* “бо”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
* “бо”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)