сой

See also: сои and сој

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish صوی (compare Turkish soy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɔj]

Noun

сой • (soj) m

1. stock, origin, breed, family, pedigree

   И куче да вземеш, гледай от сой да е.

   I kuče da vzemeš, gledaj ot soj da e.

   Blood will tell.

   от сой

   ot soj

   (attr.) pedigree, thoroughbred, (of a person) of good stock

Declension

Declension of сой

	singular	plural
indefinite	сой soj	со́еве1 sóeve1
definite (subject form)	со́ят sójat	со́евете1 sóevete1
definite (object form)	со́я sója
count form	—	со́я sója

¹Rare.

References

• Krǎsteva, Vesela (2003) “сой”, in Тълковен речник на турцизмите в българския език [Explanatory Dictionary of Turkisms in the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Skorpio vi, page 185

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [soj]

Noun

сой • (soj) f inan pl

1. genitive plural of со́я (sója)

Yakut

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic. Other turkic languages *sō- ,*sū-.

Verb

сой • (soy)

1. to become cold, to cool down

   Antonym: итий (itiy, “to heat up, to warm up”)

   чэй сойдо ― cey soydo ― the tea cooled

   уоҕа сойдо ― uoğa soydo ― his ardor cooled

   суола сойдо ― suola soydo ― the trail cooled

2. to catch a cold