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бой

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nounmasculineinanimatecountable
  • 1.

    battle, combat, engagementmilitary

    Его дед поги́б в бо́ю.

    His grandfather was killed in battle.

    Often in the phrase «в бою» = in battle.

  • 2.

    fight, bout, matchsports

    Боксёр вы́играл бой в тре́тьем ра́унде.

    The boxer won the fight in the third round.

    кулачный бой - fist fight; бой быков - bullfight.

  • 3.

    striking, beating, chime

    В по́лночь мы услы́шали бой часов.

    At midnight we heard the clock strike.

    барабанный бой - drumbeat; бой часов - the striking of a clock.

  • 4.

    breakage, broken pieces

    При перево́зке был большо́й бой посу́ды.

    A lot of the dishes got broken during transport.

    Of dishes, glass etc., often as goods damaged in transport.

Examples

Declension

⚠️ Stress change.

SingularPlural
Nom.Nominative

бо́й

бои́

Gen.Genitive

бо́я

боёв

Dat.Dative

бо́ю

боя́м

Acc.Accusative

бо́й

бои́

Inst.Instrumental

бо́ем

боя́ми

Prep.Prepositional

бо́е

бою́

боя́х

Typical usagePRO

  • Starting and conducting battle

    • вступи́ть в бо́й

      to engage (enter into battle)

    • пойти в бо́й

      to go into battle

    • вести́ бо́й с проти́вником

      to conduct a fight with the enemy

    • прекрати́ть бо́й

      to cease fighting

  • Key prepositions and cases

    • в бою́

      in battle

    • вы́йти из бо́я

      to come out of the battle

    • по́сле бо́я

      after the battle

    • пе́ред бо́ем

      before the fight

  • Types of combat

    • рукопа́шный бо́й

      hand-to-hand combat

    • возду́шный бо́й

      aerial dogfight

    • кула́чный бо́й

      fistfight (formal)

    • откры́тый бо́й

      open confrontation

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  • Iron edited translation 2 weeks ago.
  • Iron edited translation 2 weeks ago.
  • aizere464 edited Typical usage, Typical usage and Typical usage 4 months ago.
  • aizere464 edited Typical usage 4 months ago.