maj
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Translingual
Symbol
maj
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Jalapa de Díaz Mazatec terms
English
Noun
maj (uncountable)
- Alternative form of maj..
Anagrams
Albanian
Etymology 1
From Latin Maius.[1][2] Compare Aromanian maiu, Romanian mai, Greek Μάιος (Máios).
Noun
maj m (definite maji)
See also
References
- ^ Forschungen, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 213
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “maj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 241
Etymology 2
From Proto-Albanian *mazdnja, a deverbative based on Proto-Indo-European *mazd- (“feeding”),[1] whence also German mästen (“to fatten”), Sanskrit मेदस् (médas, “fat, flesh”).
Alternative forms
Verb
maj (aorist majta, participle majtur)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “maj ~ mâj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 504
Etymology 3
From Latin malleus.[1] Compare Romanian mai, Italian maglio.
Noun
maj m (plural maji, definite maja, definite plural majat)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “maj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 241
Further reading
- Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 53: “malleus — mai”
Etymology 4
Verb
maj needs inflection
Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maj/, [mɑj]
- Rhymes: -ajˀ, -aj
Noun
maj c
- May (the fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
See also
French
Noun
maj m (uncountable)
- alternative form of maj.
Karaim
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bań.
Noun
maj
References
- N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “maj”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN
Mokilese
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *mata (“eye”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata (“eye, center, most important part”), from Proto-Austronesian *maCa (“eye, center, most important part”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmac/
Noun
maj
Possessive forms
singular possessor |
first person | mijoaioa | |
---|---|---|---|
second person | mijoamwen | ||
third person | mijoa | ||
dual possessors |
first person inclusive | mijasa | |
first person exclusive | mijama | ||
second person | mijamwa | ||
third person | mijara | ||
plural possessors |
first person inclusive | mijasai | |
first person exclusive | mijamai | ||
second person | mijamwai | ||
third person | mijarai | ||
remote plural possessors |
first person inclusive | mijahs | |
first person exclusive | mijami | ||
second person | mijemwi | ||
third person | mijahr | ||
construct form | mijen |
Derived terms
External links
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Maius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaj/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aj
- Syllabification: maj
- Homophone: Maj
Noun
maj m inan (related adjective majowy)
- May (month)
Declension
Derived terms
- maić impf
See also
Further reading
- maj in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- maj in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mâj/
Noun
mȁj m inan (Cyrillic spelling ма̏ј)
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | maj | majevi |
genitive | maja | majeva |
dative | maju | majevima |
accusative | maj | majeve |
vocative | maju | majevi |
locative | maju | majevima |
instrumental | majem | majevima |
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [maj]
Verb
maj
- second-person singular imperative of mať
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /màːj/
Noun
máj m inan
Declension
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
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maj/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aj
- Homophone: mig (Scania)
Noun
maj c
- May (month)
- Synonyms: blomstermånad, lövmånad
Derived terms
- majen (definite form for maj)
- majmånad
- majmånaden (definite form for maj)
See also
References
- maj in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- maj in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- maj in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
Vilamovian
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
maj m
Vlax Romani
Etymology
Borrowed from Romanian mai.[1]
Particle
maj
- -er, more; forms comparative adjectives and adverbs.[1][2][3][4][5]
- follows the definite article to form the superlative[2][4][5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “maj”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 173a
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ronald Lee (2005) “Lesson eleven”, in Learn Romani: Das-dúma Rromanes, reprint edition, Hatfield: University of Hertfordshire Press, published 2017, →ISBN, pages 166-168
- ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “maj²³”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 232a
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Marcel Courthiade (2009) “Morfológiai függelék [Morphological survey]”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 479
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Yūsuke Sumi (2018) ニューエクスプレスプラス ロマ(ジプシー)語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 96-97
Welsh Romani
Pronoun
maj (emphatic maja)
References
- “maj” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
Zay
Etymology
Noun
maj
References
- Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind, SIL International 2002 (sil.org)