jaj

See also: jāj and -jaj

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɒj]
• Rhymes: -ɒj

Interjection

jaj

1. oh, ah, ow, ouch (expressing pain)
2. alas
3. how

   Jaj de szép! ― How beautiful!

4. yay, woohoo (expressing of joy)

Derived terms

• jajdul
• jajgat
• jajong

 

Noun

jaj (plural jajok)

1. woe

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	jaj	jajok
accusative	jajt	jajokat
dative	jajnak	jajoknak
instrumental	jajjal	jajokkal
causal-final	jajért	jajokért
translative	jajjá	jajokká
terminative	jajig	jajokig
essive-formal	jajként	jajokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	jajban	jajokban
superessive	jajon	jajokon
adessive	jajnál	jajoknál
illative	jajba	jajokba
sublative	jajra	jajokra
allative	jajhoz	jajokhoz
elative	jajból	jajokból
delative	jajról	jajokról
ablative	jajtól	jajoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	jajé	jajoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	jajéi	jajokéi

Possessive forms of jaj
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	jajom	jajaim
2nd person sing.	jajod	jajaid
3rd person sing.	jaja	jajai
1st person plural	jajunk	jajaink
2nd person plural	jajotok	jajaitok
3rd person plural	jajuk	jajaik

Derived terms

Compound words

• macskajaj

 

Descendants

• → Romanian: ioi

Further reading

• jaj 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

Karaim

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *jā(j).

Noun

jaj

1. bow

References

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

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaj/

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• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: jaj

Noun

jaj n

1. genitive plural of jajo

Noun

jaj n

1. genitive plural of jaja