"бодай" meaning in Ukrainian

See бодай in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [bɔˈdai̯] Audio: Uk-бодай.ogg Forms: бода́й [canonical], bodáj [romanization]
Etymology: A univerbation of бог дай (boh daj). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *bogъ daďь (“God willing”). Cognate with Belarusian бада́й (badáj), Polish bodaj. Etymology templates: {{univ|uk|бог дай|nocap=1}} univerbation of бог дай (boh daj), {{inh|uk|sla-pro|*bogъ daďь|t=God willing}} Proto-Slavic *bogъ daďь (“God willing”), {{cog|be|бада́й}} Belarusian бада́й (badáj), {{cog|pl|bodaj}} Polish bodaj Head templates: {{head|uk|participle|head=бода́й}} бода́й • (bodáj)
  1. may, let (expressing a wish) Tags: participle Synonyms: хай, неха́й
    Sense id: en-бодай-uk-verb-VdUbObRf Categories (other): Ukrainian entries with incorrect language header, Ukrainian univerbations Disambiguation of Ukrainian entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of Ukrainian univerbations: 68 32
  2. at least Tags: participle Synonyms: щонайме́нше, щонайме́нш, прина́ймні
    Sense id: en-бодай-uk-verb-6SE3VqLm
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  "lang": "Ukrainian",
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  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "name": "Ukrainian univerbations",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Good luck! (literally, “May you be lucky!”)",
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        "may, let (expressing a wish)"
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          "may",
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        [
          "let",
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        {
          "word": "хай"
        },
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          "word": "неха́й"
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    },
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        {
          "english": "Stop lying to at least yourself.",
          "roman": "Perestánʹ brexáty bodáj samómu sobí.",
          "text": "Переста́нь бреха́ти бода́й само́му собі́.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "We need at least three players for this game.",
          "roman": "Nam tréba bodáj try hravcí dlja cijéji hry.",
          "text": "Нам тре́ба бода́й три гравці́ для ціє́ї гри.",
          "type": "example"
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          "word": "щонайме́нш"
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        {
          "word": "прина́ймні"
        }
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      "ipa": "[bɔˈdai̯]"
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        {
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        "may, let (expressing a wish)"
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          "may",
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          "let",
          "let"
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "хай"
        },
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          "word": "неха́й"
        }
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      ]
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        {
          "english": "Stop lying to at least yourself.",
          "roman": "Perestánʹ brexáty bodáj samómu sobí.",
          "text": "Переста́нь бреха́ти бода́й само́му собі́.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "We need at least three players for this game.",
          "roman": "Nam tréba bodáj try hravcí dlja cijéji hry.",
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          "type": "example"
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          "word": "щонайме́нше"
        },
        {
          "word": "щонайме́нш"
        },
        {
          "word": "прина́ймні"
        }
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "[bɔˈdai̯]"
    },
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    }
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  "word": "бодай"
}

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