bȏgъ

bȏgъ Grammatical information: m. o Accent paradigm: c Proto-Slavic meaning: `god'

Page in Trubačev: II 161-163

Old Church Slavic:

bogъ `god' [m o]

Russian:

bog `god' [m o], bóga [Gens]

Belorussian:

boh `god' [m o], bóha [Gens]

Ukrainian:

bih `god' [m o], bóha [Gens]

Czech:

bůh `god' [m o], boha [Gens]

Slovak:

boh `god' [m o]

Polish:

bóg `god' [m o], boga [Gens]

Upper Sorbian:

bóh `god' [m o], boha [Gens]

Serbo-Croatian:

bȏg `god' [m o], bȍga [Gens];

Čak. bȏg (Vrgada, Novi) `god' [m o], bȍga [Gens];

Čak. b^uȏh (Orbanići) `God, Christ' [m o], bȍga [Gens]

Slovene:

bọ̑g `god' [m o], bogȃ [Gens]

Bulgarian:

bog `god' [m o]

Comments: The Slavic noun *bogъ is usually considered a borrowing from Iranian (cf. Vaillant Gr. I: 16). This hypothesis is supported by the fact that the etymon does not show the effects of Winter's law.

Other cognates:

Skt. bhága- (RV+) `prosperity, good fortune' [m o];

LAv. baɣa- `lord, god'