maj

See also: Maj, máj, māj, Maj., and máj.

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mâj — Gheg
• mah — dialectal

Etymology 1

From dialectal manj, from Proto-Albanian *mazdnja, deverbative of Proto-Indo-European *mh₂sd- (compare English mast (“nuts (pig feed)”), Greek μαστός (mastós, “breast”)), from *meh₂d-; alternatively from *mh₂dnyeti, directly from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (compare Latin madere (“to be wet”), Sanskrit मेदन (médana, “fattening”)).

Verb

maj (aorist majta, participle majtur)

1. to feed oneself
2. to fatten

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *mai̯i̯ʉh, from Latin Māius.

Noun

maj m

1. May

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Chamalal

Noun

maj

1. nose

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin māius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maj/, [mɑj]
• Rhymes: -ajˀ, -aj

Noun

maj c

1. May (the fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) måned i den gregorianske kalender; januar, februar, marts, april, maj, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november, december
  Obsolete words: glugmåned, blidemåned, tormåned, fåremåned, ?, ?, ormemåned, høstmåned, fiskemåned, liljemåned, slagtemåned, kristmåned ^{(Category: da:Months)}

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maj/

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Noun

maj m inan

1. May (month)

Declension

Declension of maj

	singular	plural
nominative	maj	maje
genitive	maja	majów
dative	majowi	majom
accusative	maj	maje
instrumental	majem	majami
locative	maju	majach
vocative	maju	maje

Derived terms

• (adjective) majowy

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) miesiące kalendarza gregoriańskiego; styczeń, luty, marzec, kwiecień, maj, czerwiec, lipiec, sierpień, wrzesień, październik, listopad, grudzień ^{(Category: pl:Months)}

Further reading

• maj in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Template:R:PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mâj/

Noun

mȁj m (Cyrillic spelling ма̏ј)

1. May

Declension

Declension of maj

	singular	plural
nominative	maj	majevi
genitive	maja	majeva
dative	maju	majevima
accusative	maj	majeve
vocative	maju	majevi
locative	maju	majevima
instrumental	majem	majevima

Synonyms

• (Croatian): svȋbanj

Derived terms

• màjskī

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) m(j)eseci gregorijanskog kalendara; januar/siječanj, februar/veljača, mart/ožujak, april/travanj, maj/svibanj, jun/juni/lipanj, jul/juli/srpanj, avgust/august/kolovoz, septembar/rujan, oktobar/listopad, novembar/studeni, decembar/prosinac ^{(Category: sh:Gregorian calendar months)}

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /màːj/

Noun

máj m inan

1. May

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	máj
gen. sing.	mája
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	máj	mája	máji
genitive (rodȋlnik)	mája	májev	májev
dative (dajȃlnik)	máju	májema	májem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	máj	mája	máje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	máju	májih	májih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	májem	májema	máji

Coordinate terms

• (Gregorian calendar months) méseci gregorijánskega koledárja; jánuar, fébruar, márec, apríl, máj, júnij, júlij, avgúst, septêmber, október, novêmber, decêmber

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maj/
• Rhymes: -aj

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Noun

maj c

1. May (month)

   Synonyms: blomstermånad, lövmånad

Derived terms

• majen (definite form for maj)
• majmånad
• majmånaden (definite form for maj)

See also

• jan - feb - mar - apr - maj - jun - jul - aug - sep - okt - nov - dec

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Vilamovian

Pronunciation

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Noun

maj m

1. May

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Welsh Romani

Pronoun

maj (emphatic maja)

1. I

   Synonym: me

References

• “maj” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

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Zay

Etymology

Cognate to Silt'e መዪ (mayi).

Noun

maj

1. water

References

• Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind ((Can we date this quote?)) “Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)