faj

See also: fáj and faj.

Translingual

Symbol

faj

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Faita.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Faita terms

Albanian

Etymology 1

From a Vulgar Latin deverbal of Latin fallere,[1][2] compare French faille (fault), Occitan falha (fault, sin), Aromanian fai f (fault, sin). Less likely from Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 (faian, to blame).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaj/
  • Rhymes: -aj

Noun

faj m (plural faje)

  1. misdeed, sin, wrong; crime
    Synonyms: mëkat, gjynah
  2. guilt, blame
  3. (colloquial) fault, cause
    Synonym: shkak
    për fajin e tijbecause of him (literally, “by his fault”)
Declension
Declension of faj
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative faj faji faje fajet
accusative fajin
dative faji fajit fajeve fajeve
ablative fajesh
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “faj”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 98
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “faj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 92

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980, page 445b

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *spanja, related to Proto-Germanic *spannjan (to tighten), with a secondary expressive gemination, to be compared with Old Norse spenna (to tighten).[1]

Verb

faj (aorist fajta, participle fajtur)

  1. to fill, cram, surfeit
Conjugation

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “faj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 93

Hungarian

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric. It was a variant of fiú (boy; son) in the Old Hungarian era and it was formed through a formal and functional split from it.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɒj]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒj

Noun

faj (plural fajok)

  1. race
  2. species

Declension

Possessive forms of faj
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. fajom fajaim
2nd person sing. fajod fajaid
3rd person sing. faja fajai
1st person plural fajunk fajaink
2nd person plural fajotok fajaitok
3rd person plural fajuk fajaik

Derived terms

Compound words

References

  1. ^ faj in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • faj in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • faj 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).

Maonan

Noun

faj

  1. cloud

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German fein. Doublet of fejn.

Pronunciation

Adjective

faj (indeclinable)

  1. (Far Masovian) synonym of fajny
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dobry
    Faj gatunek ty tabaki.(This is) a nice type of this tabaco.

Further reading

  • Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “faj”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 107