болох

болох

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠪᠣᠯᠬᠤ (bolqu)	болох (bolox)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *bol- (“to become”). Akin to Proto-Turkic *bōl- (“to become”), compare Turkmen bōlmak (“to become”), Turkish olmak (“to become, happen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔɮəx/
• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔ̙ɮɞ̙χ]

Verb

болох • (bolox) (causative болгох)

1. to become
2. to occur, to happen
3. to be done, to be ready, to ripen
4. to fit, to be acceptable, will do, to be allowed, to be enough, to be okay
5. (with noun in instrumental) to comply with, to follow
6. to be (of time)
7. (in adjectival clauses) to be
8. (after байх (bajx)) indicates future tense after periphrastic aspectual constructions

   тэр уншиж байх болно

   ter unšiž bajx bolno

   She will be reading

   би архи уухгүй байсаар байх болно

   bi arxi uuxgüj bajsaar bajx bolno

   I will not have been drinking liquor

9. (after verb in -ж (-ž)) to be allowed to, to be possible to
10. (after verb in -х (-x)) for time to come to, to be decided to, to be expected that, will
11. (after -даг (-dag)) to start (to do habitually)
12. (after verb in -хаар (-xaar)) to begin to
13. (after verb in -сан (-san)) to do partially or unwillingly, to pretend
14. (after verb in -гч (-gč)) to pretend

Derived terms

• болбол (bolbol)
  • бол (bol)
• бололтой (bololtoj, “seems that”)
• аль болох (alʹ bolox, “as...as possible”)
• боломж (bolomž, “possibility”)
• боловч (bolovč, “although”)
• боловсрох (bolovsrox, “to ripen”)
• болгох (bolgox, “make into”)