See also: Maj, máj, māj, måj, Maj., maj., and máj.

English edit

Noun edit

maj (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of maj.

Anagrams edit

Albanian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin Maius.[1][2] Compare Aromanian maiu, Romanian mai, Greek Μάιος (Máios).

Noun edit

maj m (definite maji)

  1. May
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References edit

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  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “maj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 241

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Albanian *mazdnja, a deverbative based on Proto-Indo-European *mazd- (feeding),[1] whence also German mästen (to fatten), Sanskrit मेदस् (médas, fat, flesh).

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

maj (aorist majta, participle majtur)

  1. to feed
  2. to fatten
Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “maj ~ mâj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 504

Etymology 3 edit

From Latin malleus.[1] Compare Romanian mai, Italian maglio.

Noun edit

maj m (plural maji, definite maja, definite plural majat)

  1. hammer
Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “maj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 241

Further reading edit

Etymology 4 edit

Verb edit

maj needs inflection

  1. Gheg form of mbaj (to hold)

Danish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin maius.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

maj c

  1. May (the fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

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French edit

Noun edit

maj m (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of maj.

Karaim edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *bań.

Noun edit

maj

  1. fat, butter, oil

References edit

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

Mokilese edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Oceanic *mata (eye), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata (eye, center, most important part), from Proto-Austronesian *maCa (eye, center, most important part)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

maj

  1. eye
  2. face
  3. spearhead

Declension edit

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Polish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /maj/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aj
  • Syllabification: maj

Noun edit

maj m inan

  1. May (month)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

adjective

See also edit

Further reading edit

  • maj in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • maj in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mȁj m (Cyrillic spelling ма̏ј)

  1. May
    Synonym: (Croatia) svȋbanj

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Slovak edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

maj

  1. second-person singular imperative of mať

Slovene edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

máj m inan

  1. May

Inflection edit

 
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing. máj
gen. sing. mája
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
máj mája máji
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
mája májev májev
dative
(dajȃlnik)
máju májema májem
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
máj mája máje
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
máju májih májih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
májem májema máji

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Swedish edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

maj c

  1. May (month)
    Synonyms: blomstermånad, lövmånad

Derived terms edit

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Anagrams edit

Vilamovian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

maj m

  1. May

Vlax Romani edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Romanian mai.[1]

Particle edit

maj

  1. -er, more; forms comparative adjectives and adverbs.[1][2][3][4][5]
  2. follows the definite article to form the superlative[2][4][5]

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “maj”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 173a
  2. 2.0 2.1 Ronald Lee (2005) “Lesson eleven”, in Learn Romani: Das-dúma Rromanes, reprint edition, Hatfield: University of Hertfordshire Press, published 2017, →ISBN, pages 166-168
  3. ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “maj²³”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 232a
  4. 4.0 4.1 Marcel Courthiade (2009) “Morfológiai függelék [Morphological survey]”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 479
  5. 5.0 5.1 Yūsuke Sumi (2018) ニューエクスプレスプラス ロマ(ジプシー)語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 96-97

Welsh Romani edit

Pronoun edit

maj (emphatic maja)

  1. I
    Synonym: me

References edit

  • maj” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Zay edit

Etymology edit

Cognate to Silt'e መዪ (mayi).

Noun edit

maj

  1. water

References edit

  • Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind, SIL International 2002 (sil.org)