лай

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See also: лаи, and -љај

Bulgarian

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Noun

лай (lajm

  1. bark (of a dog or other animal), barking

Declension

Chechen

Noun

лай (laj)

  1. slave

Ingush

Noun

лай (laj)

  1. slave

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic لاي
Cyrillic лай
Latin lai

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian لای (lây).

Noun

лай (lai)

  1. dirt, mud

Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
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(lai)
лай
(laj)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Tibetan ལས (las, act, work)

Noun

лай (laj)

  1. burden, trouble

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian لای (lây).

Noun

лай (laj)

  1. dirt, mud

Russian

Etymology

Deverbal from ла́ять (lájatʹ).

Pronunciation

Noun

лай (lajm inan (genitive ла́я, nominative plural ла́и, genitive plural ла́ев)

  1. bark (of a dog or other animal), barking, yelp

Declension

Verb

лай (laj)

  1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of ла́ять (lájatʹ)