baj

English bye.

IPA^(key): /baj/

baj

1. goodbye

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒj]

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• Hyphenation: baj
• Rhymes: -ɒj

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 (“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)

• → Romanian: bai

• 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)

baj

1. to chew

• Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary

• IPA^(key): /baj/

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• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: baj

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

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)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

baj

1. second-person singular imperative of bajać

   Synonym: bajaj

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

baj f

1. genitive plural of baja

   Synonym: bai

• baj in Polish dictionaries at PWN

baj (Cyrillic spelling бај)

1. second-person singular imperative of bajati

• bau

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

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.

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

baj n

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

   Synonyms: avföring, smuts, träck

• bajs (“poop”)

Borrowed from French baie (“bay”).

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

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

baj n

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

   Synonym: havssalt

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