beja

See also: Beja and Béja

Danish

Verb

beja

1. imperative of bejae

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English beige, French beige, German beige, Italian beige, Spanish beige, Russian бе́жевый (béževyj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.ʒa/

Adjective

beja

1. beige

Javanese

Romanization

beja

1. Romanization of ꦧꦼꦗ

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From German Fähe, from Middle High German vohe, from Old High German foha (“vixen”), from Proto-Germanic *fuhǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛja/

Noun

beja f animal (diminutive bejka)

1. bitch (female dog)

Declension

declension of beja

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	beja	beji	beje
Genitive	beje	bejowu	bejow
Dative	beji	bejoma	bejam
Accusative	beju	beji	beje
Instrumental	beju	bejoma	bejami
Locative	beji	bejoma	bejach

Noun

beja f pers (diminutive bejka)

1. (derogatory) slut (promiscuous woman)

Declension

declension of beja

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	beja	beji	beje
Genitive	beje	bejowu	bejow
Dative	beji	bejoma	bejam
Accusative	beju	beji	beje
Instrumental	beju	bejoma	bejami
Locative	beji	bejoma	bejach

Derived terms

• bejcycka (double diminutive)

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “beja”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “beja”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag