jaj

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See also: jāj and -jaj

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.[1]

Pronunciation

Interjection

jaj

  1. oh, ah, ow, ouch (expressing pain)
  2. alas
  3. how
    Jaj de szép! ― How beautiful!
  4. yay, woohoo (expressing of joy)

Derived terms

Noun

jaj (plural jajok)

  1. woe

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative jaj jajok
accusative jajt jajokat
dative jajnak jajoknak
instrumental jajjal jajokkal
causal-final jajért jajokért
translative jajjá jajokká
terminative jajig jajokig
essive-formal jajként jajokként
essive-modal — —
inessive jajban jajokban
superessive jajon jajokon
adessive jajnál jajoknál
illative jajba jajokba
sublative jajra jajokra
allative jajhoz jajokhoz
elative jajból jajokból
delative jajról jajokról
ablative jajtól jajoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		jajé jajoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		jajéi jajokéi
Possessive forms of jaj
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. jajom jajaim
2nd person sing. jajod jajaid
3rd person sing. jaja jajai
1st person plural jajunk jajaink
2nd person plural jajotok jajaitok
3rd person plural jajuk jajaik

Derived terms

(Compound words):

Descendants

  • → Romanian: ioi

References

  1. ^ jaj 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

  • jaj 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

Karaim

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *jā(j).

Noun

jaj

  1. bow

References

  • N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “jaj”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjaj/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aj
  • Syllabification: jaj

Noun

jaj n

  1. genitive plural of jajo

Noun

jaj n

  1. genitive plural of jaja
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