болох

Mongolian[edit]

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠪᠣᠯᠬᠤ (bolqu)	болох (bolox)

From Proto-Mongolic *bol- (“to become”).

Akin to Proto-Turkic *bōl- (“to become”), compare Turkmen bōlmak (“to become”), Turkish olmak (“to become, happen”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

болох • (bolox) (causative болгох)

to become
to occur, to happen
to be done, to be ready, to ripen
to fit, to be acceptable, will do, to be allowed, to be enough, to be okay
(with noun in instrumental) to comply with, to follow
to be (of time)
(in adjectival clauses) to be
(after байх (bajx)) indicates future tense after periphrastic aspectual constructions
тэр уншиж байх болно
ter unšiž bajx bolno
She will be reading

би архи уухгүй байсаар байх болно
bi arxi uuxgüj bajsaar bajx bolno
I will not have been drinking liquor
(after verb in -ж (-ž)) to be allowed to, to be possible to
(after verb in -х (-x)) for time to come to, to be decided to, to be expected that, will
(after -даг (-dag)) to start (to do habitually)
(after verb in -хаар (-xaar)) to begin to
(after verb in -сан (-san)) to do partially or unwillingly, to pretend
(after verb in -гч (-gč)) to pretend

Negative forms:

Other forms:

Conditional: болбол (bolbol, “if (it) become”)
Causative: болгох (bolgox, “to cause to become; to cause, make”)
Desiderative: болмоор (bolmoor, “want to become”)
Concessive: боловч (bolovč, “though (it) become”)
Benedictive: бологтун (bologtun, “please (be so kind as to) become”)
бололтой (bololtoj, “should become; will probably become”)
Communal: бололцох (bololcox, “to become (together); to help to become”)
болонгуут (bolonguut, “as soon as becoming”)
болоод (bolood, “having become”)
болоорой (bolooroj, “please become”)
болоосой (boloosoj, “wish (it) would become; would that (it) could become”)
болооч (bolooč, “becomeǃ”)
болох вий (bolox vii, “in case (it) become; may become”)
болохлоор (boloxloor, “when becoming”)
болоход (boloxod, “when becoming; while becoming”)
Collective: болоцгоох (bolocgoox, “to become (collectively)”)
болсоор (bolsoor, “since becoming; still becoming”)
Terminative: болтол (boltol, “until becoming; when sb. became (expressing surprise)”)
болтугай (boltugaj, “let it become”)
болуузай (boluuzaj, “in case (it) become; may become”)
Causative: болуулах (boluulax, “to cause to become”) (rare)