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maj

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: Maj, máj, māj, måj, Maj., maj., and máj.

English

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Noun

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maj (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of maj.

Anagrams

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Albanian

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Etymology 1

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From Latin Maius.[1][2] Compare Aromanian maiu, Romanian mai, Greek Μάιος (Máios).

Noun

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maj m (definite maji)

  1. May
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References

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  1. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 213
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “maj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 241

Etymology 2

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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

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Verb

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maj (aorist majta, participle majtur)

  1. to feed
  2. to fatten
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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “maj ~ mâj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 504

Etymology 3

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From Latin malleus.[1] Compare Romanian mai, Italian maglio.

Noun

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maj m (plural maji, definite maja, definite plural majat)

  1. hammer
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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “maj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 241

Further reading

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Etymology 4

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Verb

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maj needs inflection

  1. Gheg form of mbaj (to hold)

Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin maius.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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maj c

  1. May (the fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

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French

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Noun

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maj m (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of maj.

Karaim

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *bań.

Noun

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maj

  1. fat, butter, oil

References

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  • N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “maj”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Mokilese

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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maj

  1. eye
  2. face
  3. spearhead

Possessive forms

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Derived terms

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin Maius.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmaj/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aj
  • Syllabification: maj
  • Homophone: Maj

Noun

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maj m inan (related adjective majowy)

  1. May (month)

Declension

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Derived terms

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nouns
verbs

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Further reading

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  • maj in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • maj in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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mȁj m (Cyrillic spelling ма̏ј)

  1. May
    Synonym: (Croatia) svȋbanj

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Slovak

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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maj

  1. second-person singular imperative of mať

Slovene

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Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sl

Pronunciation

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Noun

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máj m inan

  1. May

Inflection

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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
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

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Swedish

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Noun

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maj c

  1. May (month)
    Synonyms: blomstermånad, lövmånad

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Anagrams

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Vilamovian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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maj m

  1. May

Vlax Romani

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Romanian mai.[1]

Particle

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maj

  1. -er, more; forms comparative adjectives and adverbs.[1][2][3][4][5]
  2. follows the definite article to form the superlative[2][4][5]

References

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  1. 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. 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
  3. ^ 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. 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. 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

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Pronoun

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maj (emphatic maja)

  1. I
    Synonym: me

References

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  • maj” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Zay

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Etymology

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Cognate to Silt'e መዪ (mayi).

Noun

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maj

  1. water

References

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  • Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind, SIL International 2002 (sil.org)