Swedish edit

Etymology edit

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[1] a relation to Middle High German baht.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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 edit

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

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References edit

  1. ^ baj in Johan Ernst Rietz, Svenskt dialektlexikon (1862–1867)