baj

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See also: báj, bâj, and bʼaj

Greenlandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

English bye.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /baj/

Interjection[edit]

baj

  1. goodbye

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian boj (“battle”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɒj]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: baj
  • Rhymes: -ɒj

Noun[edit]

baj (plural bajok)

  1. trouble, matter, problem
    Synonyms: gond, probléma
    Mi a baj? ― What's the matter?
  2. (obsolete) battle, combat, fight, duel
    • 1651, Miklós Zrínyi, Szigeti veszedelem[1] (“The Siege of Sziget”, literally “The Peril of Sziget”), Franklin (1901), canto 14, stanza 101; translation by László Kőrössy:
      Mikor Szigetvártul jó tova valának, / Egy szép kerék rétet völgybe találának. / Azt tudnád, akartva ezt harczhoz csinálták. / Itten halálos bajt csak ketten vivának.
      When from Szigetvár they were a good distance, / A pretty round meadow found in a valley; / You would think that it was made purposefully for battle, / Here only two fight a fatal duel.
  3. ill, trouble, condition, complaint (a certain abnormal state of health)

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative baj bajok
accusative bajt bajokat
dative bajnak bajoknak
instrumental bajjal bajokkal
causal-final bajért bajokért
translative bajjá bajokká
terminative bajig bajokig
essive-formal bajként bajokként
essive-modal — —
inessive bajban bajokban
superessive bajon bajokon
adessive bajnál bajoknál
illative bajba bajokba
sublative bajra bajokra
allative bajhoz bajokhoz
elative bajból bajokból
delative bajról bajokról
ablative bajtól bajoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		bajé bajoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		bajéi bajokéi
Possessive forms of baj
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bajom bajaim
2nd person sing. bajod bajaid
3rd person sing. baja bajai
1st person plural bajunk bajaink
2nd person plural bajotok bajaitok
3rd person plural bajuk bajaik

Derived terms[edit]

Compound words
Expressions

Descendants[edit]

  • → Romanian: bai

References[edit]

  1. ^ baj in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading[edit]

  • baj 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
  • baj in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

K'iche'[edit]

Verb[edit]

baj

  1. to chew

References[edit]

Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bajь, analyzable as a deverbal from bajać.

Noun[edit]

baj m pers

  1. (literature) in-story storyteller or narrator in children's literature (a narrator of a children's fable within the fable itself)
Declension[edit]
Declension of baj
singular plural
nominative baj baje
genitive baja bajów
dative bajowi bajom
accusative baja bajów
instrumental bajem bajami
locative baju bajach
vocative baju baje
Related terms[edit]
adjective
nouns
phrase
verb

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

baj

  1. second-person singular imperative of bajać
    Synonym: bajaj

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

baj f

  1. genitive plural of baja
    Synonym: bai

Further reading[edit]

  • baj in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Verb[edit]

baj (Cyrillic spelling бај)

  1. second-person singular imperative of bajati

Swedish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From the West Bothnia and East Gothland dialectal word baj (“filth”). According to Rietz, possibly related to Middle High German baht.

Interjection[edit]

baj

  1. (obsolete, 18–19th century) chastening of children when they dirtied themselves, or exhibited bad behavior
    • 1846, Johan August Lundell, Om rättstafningsfrågan. Tre föreläsningar.:
      Fy baj, lilla Maja!
      Bad, little Maja!
  2. (obsolete, 19th century) warning for children to watch out for something filthy, uncomfortable, or shameful
  3. (jokingly, obsolete, 19th century) more generally showing dislike or disgust of indiscretion, vulgarity, or shameful behaviour
    • 1820, Carl Israel Hallman, C. I. Hallmans Skrifter:
      Baj baj, så Herr Rolf talar!
      Tut tut, Mr. Rolf, watch your language!
    • 1896, Eugenie Beskow-Heerberger, För svenska barn : sagor och berättelser:
      "Usch, fy baj! Ricinolja!" ropades i korus omkring bordet.
      Yuk, disgusting! Castor oil!" they shouted in chorus around the table.
See also[edit]
  • ajabaja (“No, you are not allowed to do that”)
  • baja (“No, do not do that”)

Noun[edit]

baj n

  1. (dialect, obsolete, 18–19th century) filth, dirt, feces
    Synonyms: avföring, smuts, träck
Declension[edit]
Declension of baj 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative baj bajet — —
Genitive bajs bajets — —
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from French baie (“bay”).

Noun[edit]

baj n

  1. (obsolete, 17–19th century) a bay connected to the sea which entrance is less broad than its middle, goes deeper into land than a bukt (“bay”) which tend to be more evenly broad
    Synonym: vik

Etymology 3[edit]

Unknown. According to some from French Bayonne via bajonett (“bayonet”). According to others from "bajen vid Biscaja" (Bay of Biscay), compare baj (“bay”).

Noun[edit]

baj n

  1. (obsolete, 16–19th century) bajsalt, type of unrefined salt from western Europe
    Synonym: havssalt

References[edit]

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