bajs

Swedish

Etymology

Attested since 1842 as baj (“feces”), usually in the expression fy baj, a form of reprimand used for and by small children. Johan Ernst Rietz Svenskt dialektlexikon ("Swedish dialect dictionary") also suggests a relation to Middle High German baht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bajs/

Noun

bajs n

1. (informal or childish) poop, poo (feces)

   Synonyms: skit, avföring, fekalier, exkrement, träck, (droppings) spillning

   hundbajs

   dog poop

   fågelbajs

   bird poop

   Du luktar bajs

   You smell like poop

   – Säg "köpa, se, stol, tio" på engelska! – Buy, see, chair, ten.

   – Say "buy, see, chair, ten" in English! – Buy, see, chair, ten (sounds like "bajs i stjärten" (poop in the butt) – widespread joke).

   • 2000, Tunnan och Moroten (lyrics and music), “Bajs i Bastun [Poo in the Sauna]”, in Bajs i Bastun:

     Det var smetat bajs på väggarna. Det var skit överallt. Det luktade bajs i korridoren. Skiten låg överallt.

     There was poo smeared on the walls. There was shit everywhere. It smelled like poo in the corridor. The shit lay everywhere.

Declension

Declension of bajs
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bajs	bajset	—	—
Genitive	bajs	bajsets	—	—

Derived terms

• bajsblöja
• bajsbrun
• bajskorv (“turd”)
• brunka
• kiss och bajs-humor (“toilet humor”)

Related terms

• bajsa
• bajsig

See also

• bajamaja
• kånkelbär

References

• bajs in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bajs in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)