bajs

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed and shortened from English bicycle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bâjs/

Noun

bȁjs m inan (Cyrillic spelling ба̏јс)

  1. (regional, colloquial) bicycle

Declension

Declension of bajs
singular plural
nominative bajs bajsevi / bajsovi
genitive bajsa bajseva / bajsova
dative bajsu bajsevima / bajsovima
accusative bajs bajseve / bajsove
vocative bajse / bajsu bajsevi / bajsovi
locative bajsu bajsevima / bajsovima
instrumental bajsem / bajsom bajsevima / bajsovima

Swedish

Etymology

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's Svenskt dialektlexikon ("Swedish dialect dictionary") also suggests[1] a relation to Middle High German baht.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bajs/

Noun

bajs n

  1. (informal or childish) poop, poo (feces)
    Synonyms: skit, avföring, fekalier, exkrement, träck, dret, (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, “Bajs i Bastun [Poo in the Sauna]”, in Bajs i Bastun[1]:
      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

Declension of bajs
nominative genitive
singular indefinite bajs bajs
definite bajset bajsets
plural indefinite
definite

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ baj in Johan Ernst Rietz, Svenskt dialektlexikon (1862–1867)