oboje

Inherited from Old Czech obój, from Proto-Slavic *obojь. Doublet of obojí and obé.

• IPA^(key): [ˈobojɛ]
• Hyphenation: o‧bo‧je

oboje

1. (collective) both, both groups of, both sets of

   oboje modré kalhoty ― both blue pants

   oboje stará kamna ― both old stoves

   oboje silné ponožky ― both pairs of thick socks

   oboje teplé prádlo ― both sets of warm clothes

• Some dictionaries consider oboje and obojí to be interchangable in both meanings.
• This word can be used with pluralia tantum to make them countable. If used with other nouns, it means groups or pairs. It can also be used with singular collective nouns (normally only in neuter) which do not have plural forms. The masculine singular and animate plural forms are no longer used.

• “oboje”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “oboje”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “oboje”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

oboje

1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of obój

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• Rhymes: -ɔjɛ
• Syllabification: o‧bo‧je

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oboji. First attested in the 16th century.^[1]

oboje

1. (collective) both (each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items)

   Synonym: obydwoje

• oba (non-collective)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

oboje m inan

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of obój

• oboje in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• oboje in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “oboje”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “OBOJE”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], (Can we date this quote?)
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1809), “oboje”, in Słownik języka polskiego, volume 2a, page 378
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “oboje”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861, volume I, page 794
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “oboje”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 492

ȍboje (Cyrillic spelling о̏боје)

1. (collective) both (for mixed pairs)

   Synonym: ȍbadvoje

   nas oboje ― both of us

• ȍba (for masculine and neuter pairs)
• ȍbje (for feminine pairs)