bajs

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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)