буй

See also: буи

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bod (“body, stature; length; self”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boj/
• Hyphenation: буй (one syllable)

Noun

Буй дәфтәр.
A lined notebook.

буй • (buy)

1. length
2. (person's) height, stature
3. (person's) figure

Declension

Declension of буй (buy)

	singular	plural
absolute	буй (buy)	буйҙар (buyźar)
definite genitive	буйҙың (buyźıñ)	буйҙарҙың (buyźarźıñ)
dative	буйға (buyğa)	буйҙарға (buyźarğa)
definite accusative	буйҙы (buyźı)	буйҙарҙы (buyźarźı)
locative	буйҙа (buyźa)	буйҙарҙа (buyźarźa)
ablative	буйҙан (buyźan)	буйҙарҙан (buyźarźan)

Synonyms

• (length) оҙонлоҡ (oźonloq)

Adjective

буй • (buy)

1. lengthwise
2. striped

   Буй дәфтәр.

   Buy dəftər.

   Lined notebook.

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠪᠤᠢ (bui)	буй (buj)

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠪᠤᠢ (bui), from Middle Mongol [Term?]. Doublet of бий (bii), бэ (be), and вэ (ve).

Pronunciation

• (Khalkha) IPA^(key): [pʊ̈͜i]
• Hyphenation: буй

Verb

буй • (buj) (defective)

1. The copula-existential used as a present participle.

   тусгаарлалтад буй иргэд ― tusgaarlaltad buj irged ― citizens in isolation

   1. (auxiliary) When following an imperfective converb in -ж (-ž) or -ч (-č), forms its compound present progressive participle.

      ном уншиж буй хүн ― nom unšiž buj xün ― a person who is reading a book

   Synonym: байгаа (bajgaa)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch boei.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [buj]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

буй • (buj) m inan (genitive бу́я, nominative plural буи́, genitive plural буёв, diminutive буёк)

1. buoy

Declension

Declension of буй (inan masc-form vowel-stem accent-c) 

	singular	plural
nominative	бу́й búj	буи́ buí
genitive	бу́я búja	буёв bujóv
dative	бу́ю búju	буя́м bujám
accusative	бу́й búj	буи́ buí
instrumental	бу́ем bújem	буя́ми bujámi
prepositional	бу́е búje	буя́х bujáx

Descendants

• → Ingrian: buju

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch boei.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bui̯]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

буй • (buj) m inan (genitive бу́я, nominative plural буї́, genitive plural буї́в, diminutive буйо́к)

1. buoy

Declension

Declension of буй (inan j-stem masc-form accent-c)

	singular	plural
nominative	буй buj	буї́ bují
genitive	бу́я búja	буї́в bujív
dative	бу́ю, бу́єві búju, bújevi	буя́м bujám
accusative	буй buj	буї́ bují
instrumental	бу́єм bújem	буя́ми bujámy
locative	бу́ю, бу́єві, бу́ї búju, bújevi, búji	буя́х bujáx
vocative	бу́ю búju	буї́ bují

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “буй”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “буй”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)