boci
See also: bocí and bo çi
Hungarian
Etymology
A playful derivation probably from the back-vowel pair of the dialectal bec, bece (“calf”) + -i (diminutive suffix).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbot͡si]
- Hyphenation: bo‧ci
- Rhymes: -t͡si
Noun
boci (plural bocik)
- (childish or endearing) moo-cow, cow
- Synonym: bocika
- calf (a young cow)
- Synonyms: kisborjú, borjú
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | boci | bocik |
| accusative | bocit | bocikat |
| dative | bocinak | bociknak |
| instrumental | bocival | bocikkal |
| causal-final | bociért | bocikért |
| translative | bocivá | bocikká |
| terminative | bociig | bocikig |
| essive-formal | bociként | bocikként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | bociban | bocikban |
| superessive | bocin | bocikon |
| adessive | bocinál | bociknál |
| illative | bociba | bocikba |
| sublative | bocira | bocikra |
| allative | bocihoz | bocikhoz |
| elative | bociból | bocikból |
| delative | bociról | bocikról |
| ablative | bocitól | bociktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | bocié | bociké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | bociéi | bocikéi |
| Possessive forms of boci | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | bocim | bocijaim |
| 2nd person sing. | bocid | bocijaid |
| 3rd person sing. | bocija | bocijai |
| 1st person plural | bocink | bocijaink |
| 2nd person plural | bocitok | bocijaitok |
| 3rd person plural | bocijuk | bocijaik |
Derived terms
- bocika
Compound words
- bociszem
References
- boci in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / ELKH Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary).
- boci in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- boci in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- boci in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)
Romanian
Etymology
From boace or from a Vulgar Latin root *vōcīre, from alteration of *vōceāre, from Latin vōx, possibly influenced by vagīre. Compare Aromanian butsescu, butsiri; cf. also Italian bociare, Spanish vocear.
Pronunciation
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Verb
a boci (third-person singular present bocește, past participle bocit) 4th conj.
- to bemoan, bewail, lament, mourn for
Conjugation
conjugation of boci (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)
| infinitive | a boci | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | bocind | ||||||
| past participle | bocit | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | bocesc | bocești | bocește | bocim | bociți | bocesc | |
| imperfect | boceam | boceai | bocea | boceam | boceați | boceau | |
| simple perfect | bocii | bociși | boci | bocirăm | bocirăți | bociră | |
| pluperfect | bocisem | bociseși | bocise | bociserăm | bociserăți | bociseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să bocesc | să bocești | să bocească | să bocim | să bociți | să bocească | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | bocește | bociți | |||||
| negative | nu boci | nu bociți | |||||
Synonyms
- deplânge, jelui, jeli
Derived terms
- bocire
- bocitoare
Related terms
- boace
- bocet
See also
- voce
- plânge