boli

See also: bolí, bóli, bólì, Bólì, bólǐ, bōli, and bōlí

English

Noun

boli

1. plural of bolus

Anagrams

• biol, boil, lobi

Atong (India)

Etymology

From Bengali বলি (boli), from Sanskrit बलि (bali).

Pronunciation

• Audio (US)

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Noun

boli

1. offering to a spirit

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈbɔ.li]

Noun

boli m (plural bolis)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of bolígraf.

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian bollire. Etymologically related to buljono.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈboli]
• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oli
• Hyphenation: bo‧li

Verb

boli (present bolas, past bolis, future bolos, conditional bolus, volitive bolu)

1. (intransitive) to boil

   La akvo bolas. ― The water is boiling.

   Ni uzos bolantan akvon por kuiri vespermanĝon. ― We'll use boiling water to cook dinner.

Conjugation

Conjugation of boli present past future singular plural singular plural singular plural tense bolas bolis bolos active participle bolanta bolantaj bolinta bolintaj bolonta bolontaj acc. bolantan bolantajn bolintan bolintajn bolontan bolontajn nominal active participle bolanto bolantoj bolinto bolintoj bolonto bolontoj acc. bolanton bolantojn bolinton bolintojn bolonton bolontojn adverbial active participle bolante bolinte bolonte infinitive boli imperative bolu conditional bolus

Derived terms

• boligi

Faroese

Verb

boli

1. first-person singular present of bola

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔːlɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːlɪ

Etymology 1

From Old Norse boli, from Proto-Germanic *bulô.

Noun

boli m (genitive singular bola, nominative plural bolar)

1. bull

   Synonyms: naut, tarfur, tuddi

Declension

declension of boli

m-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	boli	bolinn	bolar	bolarnir
accusative	bola	bolann	bola	bolana
dative	bola	bolanum	bolum	bolunum
genitive	bola	bolans	bola	bolanna

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

boli

1. indefinite accusative plural of bolur

Italian

Noun

boli m

1. plural of bolo

Anagrams

• libo, lobi

Latvian

Noun

boli f

1. accusative/instrumental singular of bole

Lower Sorbian

Verb

boli

1. Superseded spelling of bóli.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.li/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔli
• Syllabification: bo‧li

Verb

boli

1. third-person singular present of boleć

Romanian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bolʲ]

Noun

boli f pl

1. plural of boală

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic болѣти (bolěti), from Proto-Slavic *bolěti. By surface analysis, boală +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [boˈli]

Verb

a boli (third-person singular present bolește, past participle bolit) 4th conj.

1. (colloquial) to ail

Conjugation

    conjugation of boli (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)

infinitive			a boli
gerund			bolind
past participle			bolit
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	bolesc	bolești	bolește	bolim	boliți	bolesc
	imperfect	boleam	boleai	bolea	boleam	boleați	boleau
	simple perfect	bolii	boliși	boli	bolirăm	bolirăți	boliră
	pluperfect	bolisem	boliseși	bolise	boliserăm	boliserăți	boliseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să bolesc	să bolești	să bolească	să bolim	să boliți	să bolească
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		bolește			boliți
	negative		nu boli			nu boliți

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

boli (Cyrillic spelling боли)

1. masculine plural active past participle of bosti

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɔli]

Participle

boli

1. plural l-participle of byť

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of bolígrafo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboli/ [ˈbo.li]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oli
• Syllabification: bo‧li

Noun

boli m (plural bolis)

1. (Spain, informal) Clipping of bolígrafo (“pen”).
2. (Mexico) freezie

Derived terms

• donde Cristo perdió el boli

 

Further reading

• “boli”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014