maj

See also: Maj, máj, māj, måj, Maj., maj., and máj.

English

Noun

maj (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of maj.

Anagrams

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From dialectal manj, from Proto-Albanian *mazdnja, deverbative of Proto-Indo-European *mh₂sd- (compare English mast (“nuts (pig feed)”), Greek μαστός (mastós, “breast”)), from *meh₂d-;[1] alternatively from *mh₂dnyeti,[2] directly from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (compare Latin madere (“to be wet”), Sanskrit मेदन (médana, “fattening”)).

Verb

maj (first-person singular past tense majta, participle majtur)

  1. to maintain oneself
  2. to hold

E majta në dorë("I held it in my hand")

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *mai̯i̯ʉh, borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin Māius.[3]

Noun

maj m (definite singular maji)

  1. May

Etymology 3

From Latin malleus.

  1. hammer (Frang Bardhi).

Derived terms
  1. majëtuer: hammerer (malleator, Frang Bardhi).
  2. majth: little hammer (malleolus, Frang Bardhi)

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “maj ~ mâj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 241
  2. J.P. Mallory & D.Q. Adams, eds., Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, s.v. "wet" (London: Fitzroy-Dearborn, 1997), 639.
  3. Schumacher, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin māius.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maj/, [mɑj]
  • Rhymes: -ajˀ, -aj

Noun

maj c

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

See also

French

Noun

maj m (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of maj.

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maj/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aj
  • Syllabification: maj

Noun

maj m inan

  1. May (month)

Declension
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

Derived terms
adjective

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 (Cyrillic spelling ма̏ј)

  1. May
    Synonym: (Croatia) svȋbanj

Declension
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

Derived terms

See also

Slovak

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [maj]

Verb

maj

  1. second-person singular imperative of mať

Slovene

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /màːj/

Noun

máj m inan

  1. May

Inflection
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

  1. May (month)
    Synonyms: blomstermånad, lövmånad

Derived terms
  • majen (definite form for maj)
  • majmånad
  • majmånaden (definite form for maj)

See also

Anagrams

Vilamovian

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Noun

maj m

  1. May

Vlax Romani

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian mai.[1]

Particle

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
  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. 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] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 232a
  4. 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] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 479
  5. 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 1267332830, pages 96-97

Welsh Romani

Pronoun

maj (emphatic maja)

  1. I
    Synonym: me

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

Zay

Etymology

Cognate to Silt'e መዪ (mayi).

Noun

maj

  1. water

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