бос

бос

See also: боҫ

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *bosъ.

Adjective

бос • (bos) (diminutive бо́сичък)

1. barefoot
2. (figurative, colloquial) untrained

Declension

Positive forms of бос

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	бос bos	бо́са bósa	бо́со bóso	бо́си bósi
definite (subject form)	бо́сият bósijat	бо́сата bósata	бо́сото bósoto	бо́сите bósite
definite (object form)	бо́сия bósija
extended (vocative form)	бо́си, бо́сий bósi, bósij

Comparative forms of бос

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	по́-бо́с pó-bós	по́-бо́са pó-bósa	по́-бо́со pó-bóso	по́-бо́си pó-bósi
definite (subject form)	по́-бо́сият pó-bósijat	по́-бо́сата pó-bósata	по́-бо́сото pó-bósoto	по́-бо́сите pó-bósite
definite (object form)	по́-бо́сия pó-bósija
extended (vocative form)	по́-бо́си, по́-бо́сий pó-bósi, pó-bósij

Superlative forms of бос

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	на́й-бо́с náj-bós	на́й-бо́са náj-bósa	на́й-бо́со náj-bóso	на́й-бо́си náj-bósi
definite (subject form)	на́й-бо́сият náj-bósijat	на́й-бо́сата náj-bósata	на́й-бо́сото náj-bósoto	на́й-бо́сите náj-bósite
definite (object form)	на́й-бо́сия náj-bósija
extended (vocative form)	на́й-бо́си, на́й-бо́сий náj-bósi, náj-bósij

Etymology 2

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

Noun

бос • (bos) m

1. boss, chief

Declension

Declension of бос

	singular	plural
indefinite	бос bos	бо́сове bósove
definite (subject form)	бо́сът bósǎt	бо́совете bósovete
definite (object form)	бо́са bósa
vocative form	бо́се bóse	бо́сове bósove

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Chechen

Noun

бос • (bos)

1. color

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Ingush

Noun

бос • (bos)

1. color

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Kazakh

Cyrillic	бос (bos)
Arabic	بوس‎
Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *boĺ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bos]

Adjective

бос • (bos)

1. empty
2. free, vacant, unoccupied
3. unwired
4. worthless
5. weak-willed

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɔs]
• Homophone: боз (boz)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *bosъ.

Adjective

бос • (bos) (no comparative, diminutive босичок, abstract noun босотија)

1. barefoot

Declension

Declension of бос

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	бос	боса	босо	боси
definite unspecified	босиот	босата	босото	босите
definite proximal	босиов	босава	босово	босиве
definite distal	босион	босана	босоно	босине

Etymology 2

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

Noun

бос • (bos) m

1. (colloquial) boss, chief

Declension

Declension of бос

	singular	plural
indefinite	бос	босови
definite unspecified	босот	босовите
definite proximal	босов	босовиве
definite distal	босон	босовине
vocative	босу	босови
count form	—	боса

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

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bos]

Adjective

бос • (bos)

1. short masculine singular of босо́й (bosój)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bosъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bôːs/

Adjective

бо̑с (definite бо̑сӣ, Latin spelling bȏs)

1. barefoot

Declension

indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		бос	боса	босо
genitive		боса	босе	боса
dative		босу	босој	босу
accusative	inanimate animate	бос боса	босу	босо
vocative		бос	боса	босо
locative		босу	босој	босу
instrumental		босим	босом	босим
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		боси	босе	боса
genitive		босих	босих	босих
dative		босим(а)	босим(а)	босим(а)
accusative		босе	босе	боса
vocative		боси	босе	боса
locative		босим(а)	босим(а)	босим(а)
instrumental		босим(а)	босим(а)	босим(а)

definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		боси	боса	босо
genitive		босог(а)	босе	босог(а)
dative		босом(у/е)	босој	босом(у/е)
accusative	inanimate animate	боси босог(а)	босу	босо
vocative		боси	боса	босо
locative		босом(е/у)	босој	босом(е/у)
instrumental		босим	босом	босим
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		боси	босе	боса
genitive		босих	босих	босих
dative		босим(а)	босим(а)	босим(а)
accusative		босе	босе	боса
vocative		боси	босе	боса
locative		босим(а)	босим(а)	босим(а)
instrumental		босим(а)	босим(а)	босим(а)

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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)

1. gray

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

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from English boss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɔs]

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Noun

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

1. boss

Declension

Declension of бос (pers hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	бос bos	бо́си bósy
genitive	бо́са bósa	бо́сів bósiv
dative	бо́сові, бо́су bósovi, bósu	бо́сам bósam
accusative	бо́са bósa	бо́сів bósiv
instrumental	бо́сом bósom	бо́сами bósamy
locative	бо́сові, бо́сі bósovi, bósi	бо́сах bósax
vocative	бо́се bóse	бо́си bósy

Further reading

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2022), “бос”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “бос”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “бос”, in Словник.ua [Slovnik.ua] (in Ukrainian)