božati

Slovene

Etymology

Originally probably meaning 'to call someone a pitiful man', from božec (pitiful man), ubog (pitiful) (cognate to Old Church Slavonic ubogъ (ubogŭ), Serbo-Croatian ubog, Russian убо́гий (ubógij), Czech ubohý); this in turn from Proto-Slavic *ubogъ (having no share), composed from *u- (away, down) and *bogъ (share).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboʒati/

Verb

bóžati impf (first-person singular present bóžam, past active participle bóžal)

  1. to stroke; to caress

Conjugation

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