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)

  1. (childish or endearing) moo-cow, cow
    Synonym: bocika
  2. 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
  1. 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).
  2. 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’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). 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.

  1. 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

Derived terms

See also
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