baj

See also: báj, bâj, and bʼaj

Greenlandic

Etymology

English bye.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baj/

Interjection

baj

1. goodbye

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒj]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: baj
• Rhymes: -ɒj

Noun

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

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

• bajlódik
• bajos

 

Compound words

• bajvívás
• cukorbaj
• párbaj
• sebaj

 

Expressions

• a baj nem jár egyedül
• annyi baj legyen
• bajba jut / kerül / keveredik
• bajban ismerszik meg a jó barát
• ellátja a baját

 

Descendants

• → Romanian: bai

Further reading

• 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 Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

K'iche'

Verb

baj

1. to chew

References

• Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaj/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: baj

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bajь. By surface analysis, deverbal from bajać.

Noun

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

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

adjective

• bajowy

 

nouns

• baja
• bajarka
• bajarz
• bajeczka
• bajka

 

phrase

• baju, baju, będziesz w raju

 

verb

• bajać

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

baj

1. second-person singular imperative of bajać

   Synonym: bajaj

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

baj f

1. genitive plural of baja

   Synonym: bai

Further reading

• baj in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

baj (Cyrillic spelling бај)

1. second-person singular imperative of bajati

Swedish

Alternative forms

• bau

Etymology 1

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

Interjection

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

• ajabaja (“No, you are not allowed to do that”)
• baja (“No, do not do that”)

Noun

baj n

1. (dialect, obsolete, 18–19th century) filth, dirt, feces

   Synonyms: avföring, smuts, träck

Declension

Declension of baj

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	baj	bajs
	definite	bajet	bajets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• bajs (“poop”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French baie (“bay”).

Noun

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

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

Noun

baj n

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

   Synonym: havssalt

References

• baj in Johan Ernst Rietz, Svenskt dialektlexikon (1862–1867)
• baj in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bajsalt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Fula Ordboken
• Anders Fredrik Dalin (1850) Ordbok öfver svenska språket‎^[2], baj, page 102