baj
Greenlandic edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
baj
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian boj (“battle”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
baj (plural bajok)
- trouble, matter, problem
- (obsolete) battle, combat, fight, duel
- 1651, Miklós Zrínyi, Szigeti veszedelem[1] (“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.
- 1651, Miklós Zrínyi, Szigeti veszedelem[1] (“The Siege of Sziget”, literally “The Peril of Sziget”), Franklin (1901), canto 14, stanza 101; translation by László Kőrössy:
- ill, trouble, condition, complaint (a certain abnormal state of health)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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 edit
Compound words
Expressions
Descendants edit
- → Romanian: bai
References edit
- ^ 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 edit
- 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 Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
K'iche' edit
Verb edit
baj
- to chew
References edit
- Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bajь, analyzable as a deverbal from bajać.
Noun edit
baj m pers
- (literature) in-story storyteller or narrator in children's literature (a narrator of a children's fable within the fable itself)
Declension edit
Declension of baj
Related terms edit
adjective
nouns
phrase
verb
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
baj
- second-person singular imperative of bajać
- Synonym: bajaj
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
baj f
Further reading edit
- baj in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian edit
Verb edit
baj (Cyrillic spelling бај)
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 1 edit
From the West Bothnia and East Gothland dialectal word baj (“filth”). According to Rietz, possibly related to Middle High German baht.
Interjection edit
baj
- (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!
- (obsolete, 19th century) warning for children to watch out for something filthy, uncomfortable, or shameful
- (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 edit
Noun edit
baj n
Declension edit
Declension of baj | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | baj | bajet | — | — |
Genitive | bajs | bajets | — | — |
Derived terms edit
- bajs (“poop”)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from French baie (“bay”).
Noun edit
baj n
- (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 edit
Unknown. According to some from French Bayonne via bajonett (“bayonet”). According to others from "bajen vid Biscaja" (Bay of Biscay), compare baj (“bay”).
Noun edit
baj n
References edit
- baj in Johan Ernst Rietz, Svenskt dialektlexikon (1862–1867)
- baj in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- bajsalt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- Anders Fredrik Dalin (1850) Ordbok öfver svenska språket[2], baj, page 102