Bog

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bog"

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bogъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɔk]
• Homophones: bog, bok

Proper noun

Bog m anim

1. God

Declension

Declension of Bog

	singular (uncountable)
Nominative	Bog
Genitive	Boga
Dative	Bogoju
Accusative	Boga
Instrumental	Bogom
Locative	Bogu

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bogъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bôːɡ/

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Proper noun

Bȏg m (Cyrillic spelling Бо̑г)

1. God

   Nek ti dragi Bog da zdravlje! ― May the good God grant you health!

   • 1847, Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, “Luke 1: 5-12”, in Serbian Translation of the Bible:

     A bijahu oboje pravedni i pred Bogom, i življahu u svemu po zapovijestima i uredbama Gospodnjijem bez mane.

     And they were both righteous before God, and lived in all ways according to all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

   • 1879, L. Lazarević, Prvi put s ocem na jutrenje:

     Moja mati klonu kraj kovčega i onesvesti se. Sestra vrisnu. Ja skoičih iz postelje. I Đokica skoči. Sedosmo dole na patos kraj nje, ljubismo joj ruku. Ona metnu ruku na moju glavu i šaputaše nešto. Onda skoči, upali svitac, pa prižeže kandilo pred svetim Đorđem. – Odite, deco, molite se Bogu da nas izbavi od napasti – reče ona. Glas joj zvoni kao zvono, a oči svetle kao večernjača na nebu.

     Mother collapsed by the chest and fell into a swoon. Sister screamed. I jumped out of bed, and Đokica did too. We sat down on the floor by her, and kissed her hand. She put her hand on my head and whispered something. Then she leapt up, kindled a brand and lit the lamp before the icon of St. George. “Come, children, and pray to God to deliver us from temptation,” she said. Her voice rang out like a bell, and her eyes shone like the evening star in the heavens.

Declension

Declension of Bog

	singular
nominative	Bȏg
genitive	Boga
dative	Bogu
accusative	Boga
vocative	Bȍže
locative	Bogu
instrumental	Bogom

Related terms

• bȏg
• bogovski
• božànstvo
• bȍžjī
• bogoslōvlje

References

• “Bog”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Etymology

See bọ̑g.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bóːk/

Proper noun

Bọ̑g m anim

1. God

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nominative	Bog
genitive	Boga
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Bog
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Boga
dative (dajȃlnik)	Bogu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Boga
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Bogu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Bogom