bán

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Czech

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Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian bȃn/ба̑н (lord; ban), from Proto-Slavic *banъ; see there for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

bán m anim (related adjective bánský)

  1. (historical) ban (title in the historical Kingdom of Croatia and the Kingdom of Hungary, like a palatine or governor of a province)
  2. (historical) ban (governor of a banovina in Yugoslavia from 1929 to 1941)

Declension

Further reading

  • bán”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • bán”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • bán” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2024, slovnikcestiny.cz
  • bán”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bán
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Etymology 1

From a Turkic language. Doublet of bánik.

Verb

bán

  1. (transitive, chiefly in the negative) to mind, to object to, to be bothered by
    Nem bánod, ha kinyitom az ablakot?Do you mind if I open the window?
    Nem bánnám, ha néha segítenél kitakarítani.I wouldn’t mind if you helped me clean the house once in a while.
  2. (transitive) to regret
    Synonym: sajnál
Usage notes
Conjugation
Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

See also

Etymology 2

From Old Hungarian ban (1146), from a South Slavic language; compare Serbo-Croatian bȃn/ба̑н (lord; ban), from Proto-Slavic *banъ; see there for more.

Noun

bán (plural bánok)

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  1. (historical) ban (title in the historical Kingdom of Croatia and the Kingdom of Hungary, like a palatine or governor of a province)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative bán bánok
accusative bánt bánokat
dative bánnak bánoknak
instrumental bánnal bánokkal
causal-final bánért bánokért
translative bánná bánokká
terminative bánig bánokig
essive-formal bánként bánokként
essive-modal
inessive bánban bánokban
superessive bánon bánokon
adessive bánnál bánoknál
illative bánba bánokba
sublative bánra bánokra
allative bánhoz bánokhoz
elative bánból bánokból
delative bánról bánokról
ablative bántól bánoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
báné bánoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
bánéi bánokéi
Possessive forms of bán
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bánom bánjaim
2nd person sing. bánod bánjaid
3rd person sing. bánja bánjai
1st person plural bánunk bánjaink
2nd person plural bánotok bánjaitok
3rd person plural bánjuk bánjaik
Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • (to mind, to regret): bán in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (ban ): bán in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • bán in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bán (white), from Proto-Celtic *bānos (white).

Adjective

bán (genitive singular masculine báin, genitive singular feminine báine, plural bána, comparative báine)

  1. white
  2. blank
  3. fair-haired
  4. (sexuality, LGBTQ) gay, homosexual
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Yola: baun, bawn

Noun

bán m (genitive singular báin, nominative plural bána)

  1. white
Declension
Derived terms

See also

Colors in Irish · dathanna (layout · text)
     bán      liath      dubh
             dearg; corcairdhearg              oráiste, flannbhuí; donn              buí; bánbhuí
             líoma-ghlas, glas líoma              glas, uaine              dath an mhiontais
             cian              gormghlas, spéirghorm              gorm
             corcairghorm; indeagó              maigeanta; corcra              bándearg

Verb

bán (present analytic bánann, future analytic bánfaidh, verbal noun bánadh, past participle bánta)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of bánaigh (whiten; blanch; clear out, empty, depopulate)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Old Irish bán (untilled land, lea), from the adjective bán (white).

Noun

bán m (genitive singular báin, nominative plural bánta)

  1. (geography) lea; grassland
  2. uncultivated land
Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

bán m (genitive singular báin, nominative plural báin)

  1. Alternative form of bábhún (walled enclosure)
Declension
Descendants

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bán bhán mbán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bānos (white).

Pronunciation

Adjective

bán

  1. white
  2. pure

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative bán bán bán
Vocative báin*
bán**
Accusative bán báin
Genitive báin báine báin
Dative bán báin bán
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative báin bána
Vocative bánu
bána
Accusative bánu
bána
Genitive bán
Dative bánaib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Synonyms

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
bán bán
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
mbán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Tày

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Vietnamese bàn.

Noun

bán

  1. altar

Etymology 2

Verb

bán

  1. to leave out
    ton bánto leave out castration

Etymology 3

Noun

bán

  1. winnowing basket

Etymology 4

Adjective

bán

  1. chipped
    Synonyms: bín, bỉu, va̱o
    mạc pjạ bánchipped knife
    pát bánchipped bowl
    bán pay ám nưngwith one piece chippped

References

  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎ (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from (half).

Prefix

bán

  1. half-; semi-; hemi-
    bán hẹp bao quy đầuwith a semi-tight foreskin
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *paːɲʔ.

Verb

bán (, 𬥓, )

  1. to sell
Derived terms
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