бозна

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From бог зна́є (boh znáje, God knows).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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бо́зна (bózna)

  1. (colloquial, with interrogative adverb or pronoun) God knows, heaven knows
    Synonym: невідо́мо (nevidómo)
    • (Can we date this quote?), Vasyl Symonenko, Білі привиди [White Ghosts]‎[1]:
      Нудні і невиразні піднімалися в танцзал і [...] страшенно бездумно патякали бозна про що й для чого.
      Nudni i nevyrazni pidnimalysja v tanczal i [...] strašenno bezdumno patjakaly bozna pro ščo j dlja čoho.
      Boring and inexpressive, they went up to the dance hall and [...] terribly mindlessly prattled God knows about what and for what.

Derived terms

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Predicative

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бо́зна (bózna)

  1. (colloquial) God knows, heaven knows
    Synonyms: невідо́мо (nevidómo), хто́зна (xtózna)

Further reading

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