лай

See also: лаи and -љај

Bulgarian

Etymology

Action noun of ла́я (lája, “to bark”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɫaj]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian, l-vocalization):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aj

Noun

лай • (laj) m

1. bark (of a dog or other animal), barking
2. (figurative) human's shouting (usually addressed at somebody)

Declension

Declension of лай

	singular	plural
indefinite	лай laj	ла́еве1 láeve1
definite (subject form)	ла́ят lájat	ла́евете1 láevete1
definite (object form)	ла́я lája
count form	—	ла́я lája

¹Rare.

References

• “лай”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “лай”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “лай”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 284

Chechen

Noun

лай • (laj)

1. slave

Ingush

Noun

лай • (laj)

1. slave

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	لاي
Cyrillic	лай
Latin	lai

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لای (lāy).

Noun

лай • (lay)

1. dirt, mud

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠯᠠᠢ (lai)	лай (laj)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Tibetan ལས (las, “act, work”)

Noun

лай • (laj)

1. burden, trouble

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian لای (lây).

Noun

лай • (laj)

1. dirt, mud

Russian

Etymology

Deverbal from ла́ять (lájatʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɫaj]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aj

Noun

лай • (laj) m inan (genitive ла́я, nominative plural ла́и, genitive plural ла́ев)

1. bark (of a dog or other animal), barking, yelp
   • 1859, Иван Гончаров [Ivan Goncharov], “Часть 3. Глава 12”, in Обломов; English translation from Marian Schwartz, transl., Oblomov, New York: Seven Stories Press, 2008:

     Хозя́йка пе́рвая услыха́ла стук в воро́та и лай соба́ки и растолка́ла от сна Ани́сью и Заха́ра, сказа́в, что ба́рин вороти́лся.

     Xozjájka pérvaja uslyxála stuk v voróta i laj sobáki i rastolkála ot sna Anísʹju i Zaxára, skazáv, što bárin vorotílsja.

     The landlady was the first to hear his knock at the gate and the barking of the dog and to wake Anisya and Zakhar from their sleep, saying their master had returned.

Declension

Declension of лай (inan masc-form vowel-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ла́й láj	ла́и lái
genitive	ла́я lája	ла́ев lájev
dative	ла́ю láju	ла́ям lájam
accusative	ла́й láj	ла́и lái
instrumental	ла́ем lájem	ла́ями lájami
prepositional	ла́е láje	ла́ях lájax

Related terms

• ла́йка (lájka)
• ла́ять (lájatʹ)

Verb

лай • (laj)

1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of ла́ять (lájatʹ)