baj

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See also: báj, bâj, and bʼaj

Greenlandic

Etymology

English bye.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /baj/

Interjection

baj

  1. goodbye

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian boj (battle).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: baj
  • Rhymes: -ɒj

Noun

baj (plural bajok)

  1. trouble, matter, problem
    Synonyms: gond, probléma
    Mi a baj?What's the matter?
  2. (obsolete) battle, combat, fight, duel
    • 1651, Miklós Zrínyi, Szigeti veszedelem (“The Siege of Sziget”, literally “The Peril of Sziget”), Franklin (1901), canto 14, stanza 101; translation by László Kőrössy:
      Mikor Szigetvártul jó tova valának, / Egy szép kerék rétet völgybe találának. / Azt tudnád, akartva ezt harczhoz csinálták. / Itten halálos bajt csak ketten vivának.
      When from Szigetvár they were a good distance, / A pretty round meadow found in a valley; / You would think that it was made purposefully for battle, / Here only two fight a fatal duel.
  3. ill, trouble, condition, complaint (a certain abnormal state of health)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative baj bajok
accusative bajt bajokat
dative bajnak bajoknak
instrumental bajjal bajokkal
causal-final bajért bajokért
translative bajjá bajokká
terminative bajig bajokig
essive-formal bajként bajokként
essive-modal
inessive bajban bajokban
superessive bajon bajokon
adessive bajnál bajoknál
illative bajba bajokba
sublative bajra bajokra
allative bajhoz bajokhoz
elative bajból bajokból
delative bajról bajokról
ablative bajtól bajoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
bajé bajoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
bajéi bajokéi
Possessive forms of baj
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bajom bajaim
2nd person sing. bajod bajaid
3rd person sing. baja bajai
1st person plural bajunk bajaink
2nd person plural bajotok bajaitok
3rd person plural bajuk bajaik

Derived terms

Compound words
Expressions

Descendants

  • Romanian: bai

References

  1. ^ baj in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • baj 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
  • baj 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).

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Verb

baj

  1. to chew

References

Polish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bajь. By surface analysis, deverbal from bajać.

Noun

baj m pers

  1. (literature) in-story storyteller or narrator in children's literature (a narrator of a children's fable within the fable itself)
Declension
adjective
nouns
phrase
verb

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

baj

  1. second-person singular imperative of bajać
    Synonym: bajaj

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

baj f

  1. genitive plural of baja
    Synonym: bai

Further reading

  • baj in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

baj (Cyrillic spelling бај)

  1. second-person singular imperative of bajati

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From the West Bothnia and East Gothland dialectal word baj (filth). According to Rietz, possibly related to Middle High German baht.

Interjection

baj

  1. (obsolete, 18–19th century) chastening of children when they dirtied themselves, or exhibited bad behavior
    • 1846, Johan August Lundell, Om rättstafningsfrågan. Tre föreläsningar.:
      Fy baj, lilla Maja!
      Bad, little Maja!
  2. (obsolete, 19th century) warning for children to watch out for something filthy, uncomfortable, or shameful
  3. (jokingly, obsolete, 19th century) more generally showing dislike or disgust of indiscretion, vulgarity, or shameful behaviour
    • 1820, Carl Israel Hallman, C. I. Hallmans Skrifter:
      Baj baj, så Herr Rolf talar!
      Tut tut, Mr. Rolf, watch your language!
    • 1896, Eugenie Beskow-Heerberger, För svenska barn : sagor och berättelser:
      "Usch, fy baj! Ricinolja!" ropades i korus omkring bordet.
      Yuk, disgusting! Castor oil!" they shouted in chorus around the table.
See also
  • ajabaja (No, you are not allowed to do that)
  • baja (No, do not do that)

Noun

baj n

  1. (dialect, obsolete, 18–19th century) filth, dirt, feces
    Synonyms: avföring, smuts, träck
Declension
Declension of baj
nominative genitive
singular indefinite baj bajs
definite bajet bajets
plural indefinite
definite
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French baie (bay).

Noun

baj n

  1. (obsolete, 17–19th century) a bay connected to the sea which entrance is less broad than its middle, goes deeper into land than a bukt (bay) which tend to be more evenly broad
    Synonym: vik

Etymology 3

Unknown. According to some from French Bayonne via bajonett (bayonet). According to others from "bajen vid Biscaja" (Bay of Biscay), compare baj (bay).

Noun

baj n

  1. (obsolete, 16–19th century) bajsalt, type of unrefined salt from western Europe
    Synonym: havssalt

References

Zhuang

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *paːꟲ (parent's older sister). Cognate with Thai ป้า (bpâa), Lao ປ້າ (), ᦔᦱᧉ (ṗaa²), Shan ပႃႈ (pāa), Tai Dam ꪜ꫁ꪱ, Ahom 𑜆𑜡 (), Saek ป̂า.

Noun

baj (Sawndip forms or 𰌅 or , 1957–1982 spelling baз)

  1. aunt (parent's elder sister, or the wife of parent's elder brother)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Chinese (MC paeH).

Noun

baj (1957–1982 spelling baз)

  1. target (mark to shoot at)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Chinese (MC paeX).

Verb

baj (1957–1982 spelling baз)

  1. to guard; to watch over

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Numeral

baj (1957–1982 spelling baз)

  1. approximately; about (used after a classifier or the words for "ten", "hundred", "thousand" and "ten thousand")