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maj

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.

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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”).

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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

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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.

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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

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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”)

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Noun

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maj

  1. eye
  2. face
  3. spearhead

Possessive forms

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Possessive forms of maj (tight inalienable possession, oa/a stem)
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 mijemi
second person mijemwi
third person mijahr
construct form mijen

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Polish

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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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Declension of maj
singular plural
nominative maj maje
genitive maja majów
dative majowi majom
accusative maj maje
instrumental majem majami
locative maju majach
vocative maju maje

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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

Declension

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Declension of maj
singular plural
nominative maj majevi
genitive maja majeva
dative maju majevima
accusative maj majeve
vocative maju majevi
locative maju majevima
instrumental majem majevima

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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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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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maj c

  1. May (month)
    Synonyms: blomstermånad, lövmånad

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Vilamovian

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Pronunciation

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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

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