bæ

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "bae", Appendix:Variations of "ba", and Appendix:Variations of "be"

Danish

Etymology

From an onomatopoeia expressing disgust.

Pronunciation

Noun

bæ n (singular definite bæet, not used in plural form)

  1. poop, faeces, crap (See Thesaurus:feces)

Noun

bæ c (singular definite bæen, plural indefinite bæer)

  1. turd (a piece of excrement)

Inflection

Declension of bæ
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bæ bæen bæer bæerne
genitive bæs bæens bæers bæernes

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bye.

Interjection

bæ

  1. (informal) bye, goodbye
Usage notes

Bæ is a relatively informal greeting, but very common. Bless or vertu sæll should be used in more formal situations.

The use of hæ and bæ (corresponding to English hi and bye) was commonly frowned upon by older speakers well into the 2000s.

Synonyms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bæ

  1. inflection of bær:
    1. indefinite accusative singular
    2. indefinite dative singular

Ligurian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

Noun

bæ m (plural bæ)

  1. (zoology) lamb
  2. (onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry or bleating of a sheep; baa

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Imitative (lydord)

Interjection

bæ

  1. baa (bleat of a sheep)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Imitative (lydord)

Interjection

bæ

  1. baa (bleat of a sheep)

References

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