хай

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• няха́й (njaxáj)

Etymology

Clipping of няха́й (njaxáj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xaj]
• Rhymes: -aj

• Audio

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Particle

хай • (xaj)

1. let + subject + conjugated verb

Nanai

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *xia, compare Evenki экун (əkun), Even як (jak), Manchu ᠠᡳ (ai).

Pronoun

хай (hay)

1. what

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xaj]

Verb

хай • (xaj)

1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of ха́ять (xájatʹ)

Southern Selkup

Regional variants of хай

Chumel dialects
Narym	хай
Syusse dialects
Middle Ket	сайи
Tyuj dialects
Upper Ob	сэй

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *səjmä, from Proto-Uralic *śilmä. Cognates include Nganasan сеймы, Finnish silmä and Hungarian szem.

Noun

хай (haj) (Narym)

1. eye
   • 2022, Grigorij Korotkih, Современный язык нарымских селькупов (overall work in Russian), page 81:

     Мат ни̇к кыга́к, ӄа́йгос ӄу́ла ми́нал э̄дэнд манэмба́т ай ха́йла табла́ннан че́лэешпат!

     I wish people looked at our village and their eyes shine!

Further reading

• G.V. Korotkih (2022) Современный язык нарымских селькупов [The modern language of Narym Selkups], Tomsk: Соиздательство ценных книг «Грасион», →ISBN, page 56 of 150

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

• неха́й (nexáj), най (naj)

Etymology

Clipping of неха́й (nexáj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xai̯]

• Audio

  (file)

Particle

хай • (xaj)

1. let + subject + conjugated verb

Derived terms

• хай живе́ (xaj žyvé, “long live”)
• хай так (xaj tak, “so be it”)
• хай щасти́ть (xaj ščastýtʹ, “good luck”)

Yakut

Etymology

Unknown.

Verb

хай • (qay)

1. (transitive) to follow

   Antonyms: дьаһай (jahay), салай (salay, “to lead”)

   суолун хай ― suolun qay ― to follow another's path, to follow in another's footsteps

2. (transitive) (hunting, general) to pursue (game, etc.)

   Synonym: ирдээ (irdee, “to pursue, to track down”)

   кыыл суолун хай ― kııl suolun qay ― to follow the track of an animal

Derived terms

• хайыс (qayıs, “to turn”)