English

Proper noun

the Bod

1. (Britain, slang, Oxford University) The Bodleian Library.

English

Noun

bod ‎(plural bods)

1. (slang) The body.

   Fred likes to keep his bod in shape.‎

2. (slang) A person.

   George was a bit of an odd bod.‎

   • 2005, Richard Templar, The Rules of Management (page 73)

     There were cameras covering car parks, offices, corridors and storage areas in the basement. Result. The security bods started watching as if their lives depended on it.‎

Derived terms

Anagrams

• dob, DOB

References

1. ↑ Chambers 21st Century Dictionary, "bod (noun)"

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bodъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

bod m

1. (geometry) point
2. (temperature) point
3. item (of an agenda)
4. (sports) point, mark
5. stab
   • 1866, Josef Bojislav Pichl (translator), Don Quijote de la Mancha, Praha: I. L. Kober, translation of original by Miguel de Cervantes, page 34:

     Na moutě duchu! zvolal po těch slovích Sancho; ať nedím tři tisíce šlehů, ale ani tři si nedám, jako nedal bych si tři body dýkou.

     "By all that's good," exclaimed Sancho at this, "I'll just as soon give myself three stabs with a dagger as three, not to say three thousand, lashes.

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• bodat, pobodat, probodat, ubodat, zabodat
• bodání
• bodnout, probodnout, vybodnout, zabodnout
• nabodeníčko

Anagrams

• dob

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse búð.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːd/, [b̥oːˀð], [b̥oðˀ]
• Rhymes: -oːð
• Rhymes: -oð

Noun

bod c (singular definite boden, plural indefinite boder)

1. booth, stall
2. shop

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bót.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːd/, [b̥oːˀð], [b̥oðˀ]

Noun

bod c (singular definite boden, not used in plural form)

1. fine
2. penance

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔt

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bot, from Old Dutch *bot, from Proto-Germanic *budą. Cognate with Old High German bot, Old English bod, Old Norse boð (Swedish bud).

Noun

bod n ‎(plural boden, diminutive bodje n)

1. order
2. offer

Derived terms

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bot ‎(“tail; ****”), from Proto-Celtic *buzdos ‎(“tail, ****”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʷosdʰos ‎(“piece of wood”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): [bˠɔd̪ˠ]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): [bˠʌd̪ˠ]

Noun

bod m ‎(genitive singular boid, nominative plural boid)

1. (anatomy) ****
2. (archaic) churl, boor, lout

Declension

Derived terms

• bodach ‎(“lusty, virile”)
• bodúil ‎(“coarse, rough; rude, surly”)
• bod bréige ‎(“****”)

Synonyms

• (****): cuideog (euphemistic)

Mutation

References

• "bod" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 bot” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Polish

Noun

bod m inan

1. baud

Declension

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish bot ‎(“tail; ****”), from Proto-Celtic *buzdos ‎(“tail, ****”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʷosdʰos ‎(“piece of wood”).

Noun

bod m

1. (anatomy) ****

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “1 bot” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *bodъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bôːd/

Noun

bȏd m ‎(Cyrillic spelling бо̑д)

1. sting (with a needle or a sharp object)
2. (embroidery, knitting) stitch
3. (sports) point

Declension

Synonyms

• (point): poen

Related terms

• bȍsti

Etymology 2

Borrowing from English baud.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bôːd/

Noun

bȏd m ‎(Cyrillic spelling бо̑д)

1. baud

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish boþ, from Old Norse bóð (Compare Old West Norse búð.

Noun

bod c

1. a shed, a shack, a small building
2. a shop, a boutique

Declension

Synonyms

• butik
• skjul

Derived terms

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowing from German Brot, English bread and Dutch brood.

Noun

bod ‎(plural bods)

1. bread

Declension

Derived terms

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh bot, from Proto-Celtic *butā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‎(“to be, become”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːd/

Verb

bod ‎(highly irregular)

1. to be
2. that... is, that... are, etc. (personal forms: (fy) mod i, (dy) fod di, (ei) fod e/o, (ei) bod hi, (ein) bod ni, (eich) bod chi, (eu) bod nhw)

   Dw i’n meddwl (ei) bod hi’n ddoniol.‎ ― I think that she’s funny.

   Mae hi’n meddwl (fy) mod i’n dod.‎ ― She thinks that I’m coming.

   Roedd Eleri yn dweud (dy) fod di’n sâl.‎ ― Eleri was saying you’re ill.

Conjugation

Usage notes

• Bod is the primary auxiliary verb in Welsh, used to form a great number of tenses; see Appendix:Welsh conjugation.
• The two conditional tenses can be opted between freely.
• The preterite is relatively rare and mostly interchangeable with the imperfect.
• In the tenses given here, all forms of bod must be linked to a noun or verb with yn, wedi, or some other similar particle.
• Bod introduces a subordinate clause only when the corresponding main clause would begin with a form of bod (the verb ‘to be’) in the present or imperfect tense.
• Nouns are preceded with bod, or fod if the preceding verb is conjugated.

Derived terms

• bod am ‎(“to want”)

Mutation