bogi

See also: Bogi

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse bogi, from Proto-Germanic *bugô.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpoːjɪ/
Rhymes: -oːjɪ
Homophones: boði, boðið

Noun

bogi m (genitive singular boga, plural bogar)

(archery, weaponry) bow

Declension

m1	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bogi	bogin	bogar	bogarnir
Accusative	boga	bogan	bogar	bogarnar
Dative	boga	boganum	bogum	bogunum
Genitive	boga	bogans	boga	boganna

Derived terms

ælabogi m (“rainbow”)

Fijian

Noun

bogi

night

Finnish

Noun

bogi

(golf) bogey (score of one over par)

Declension

Inflection of bogi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		bogi	bogit
genitive		bogin	bogien
partitive		bogia	bogeja
illative		bogiin	bogeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		bogi	bogit
accusative	nom.	bogi	bogit
accusative	gen.	bogin	bogit
genitive		bogin	bogien
partitive		bogia	bogeja
inessive		bogissa	bogeissa
elative		bogista	bogeista
illative		bogiin	bogeihin
adessive		bogilla	bogeilla
ablative		bogilta	bogeilta
allative		bogille	bogeille
essive		bogina	bogeina
translative		bogiksi	bogeiksi
instructive		—	bogein
abessive		bogitta	bogeitta
comitative		—	bogeineen

Synonyms

bogey

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bogi, from Proto-Germanic *bugô.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɔːjɪ/

Noun

bogi m (genitive singular boga, nominative plural bogar)

(archery) bow
Skjóta af boga.
To shoot with a bow.
(architecture) arch, vault
(rare) gush, jet

Declension

declension of bogi

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-w1	singular		plural
nominative	bogi	boginn	bogar	bogarnir
accusative	boga	bogann	boga	bogana
dative	boga	boganum	bogum	bogunum
genitive	boga	bogans	boga	boganna

Derived terms

Terms derived from bogi

blóðbogi (“a gush of blood”)
bogadreginn (“bow-shaped, curved, shaped like a bow”)
bogaháls (“the place where the bowstring is fastened, the tip of the bow”)
bogalist (“archery”)
bogamynd (“the form of a bow”)
bogaskot (“shooting with a bow, a bow shot”)

bogastrengur (“a bowstring”)
friðarbogi
gráðubogi
handbogi
himinbogi (“the sky”)
hornbogi

lásabogi
olnbogi (“an elbow”)
regnbogi
álmbogi
ýbogi

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbɔɡʲi]

Noun

bogi

nominative plural of bog
accusative plural of bog

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bugô. Compare Old English boga (English bow), Old Frisian boga (West Frisian boge), Old Saxon bogo, Dutch boog, Old High German bogo (German Bogen).

Noun

bogi m (genitive boga, plural bogar)

bow (archery)

Declension

Declension of bogi (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bogi	boginn	bogar	bogarnir
accusative	boga	bogann	boga	bogana
dative	boga	boganum	bogum	bogunum
genitive	boga	bogans	boga	boganna

Descendants

Danish: bue
Faroese: bogi
Icelandic: bogi
Old Irish: boga
- Irish: bogha
- Scottish Gaelic: bogha
Norwegian: boge, bue
Swedish: båge

References

bogi in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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