faj

faj

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Faita.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Faita terms

From a Vulgar Latin deverbal of Latin fallere, compare French faille (“fault”), Occitan falha (“fault, sin”), Aromanian fai f (“fault, sin”). Less likely from Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 (faian, “to blame”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaj/
• Rhymes: -aj

faj m (plural faje)

1. misdeed, sin, wrong; crime

   Synonyms: mëkat, gjynah

2. guilt, blame
3. (colloquial) fault, cause

   Synonym: shkak

   për fajin e tij ― because of him (literally, “by his fault”)

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe ‎, 1980, page 445b

From Proto-Albanian *spanja, related to Proto-Germanic *spannjan (“to tighten”), with a secondary expressive gemination, to be compared with Old Norse spenna (“to tighten”).

faj (aorist fajta, participle fajtur)

1. to fill, cram, surfeit

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• fengem

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric. It was a variant of fiú (“boy; son”) in the Old Hungarian era and it was formed through a formal and functional split from it.

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• Rhymes: -ɒj

faj (plural fajok)

1. race
2. species

• faj in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• faj in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

faj

1. cloud

Borrowed from German fein. Doublet of fejn.

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  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈfaj/

faj (indeclinable)

1. (Far Masovian) synonym of fajny

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dobry

   Faj gatunek ty tabaki. ― (This is) a nice type of this tabaco.

• Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “faj”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 107