aj

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *axʷ (“I”). Compare Kott ai (“I”) and Pumpokol ad (“I”). Also see Assan aj.

aj

1. I (first-person singular subjective)

   Synonym: ä

• aiŋ

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *axʷ (“I”). Compare Kott ai (“I”) and Pumpokol ad (“I”). Also see Arin aj.

aj

1. I (first-person singular subjective)

   Synonym: ja

• ajun

• aji

• IPA^(key): [ˈaj]

aj

1. (dialect, Moravia) and (also), and even
2. (dialect, Moravia) even (implying an extreme example, used at the beginning of sentences)

• (standard Czech) i

aj

1. (literary, obsolete) oh; lo, behold
   • 1593, “Genesis 1:31”, in Bible kralická [Kralice Bible]:

     A viděl Bůh vše, což učinil, a aj, bylo velmi dobré.

     And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.

• “aj”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “aj”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

• IPA^(key): /ɑð/

aj

1. to swim

• Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

• IPA^(key): /ʔɑχ/

aj

1. person, man
2. neutral or male prefix, mister

• ajaw

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aj

1. ow! ouch! oh dear! expression of pain, (unpleasant) surprise, etc.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒj]

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• Rhymes: -ɒj

From a spontaneous burst of sound.^[1]

aj

1. oh
   • 1932, Attila József, Medvetánc (Bear Dance), poem, lines 1–2, [1]

     Fürtös, láncos, táncos, nyalka,
     aj de szép a kerek talpa!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

From Proto-Uralic *aŋe.^[2][3]

aj

1. (obsolete) opening

Inflection of aj
	singular	plural
nominative	aj	ajak
accusative	ajt ajat	ajakat
dative	ajnak	ajaknak
instrumental	ajjal	ajakkal
causal-final	ajért	ajakért
translative	ajjá	ajakká
terminative	ajig	ajakig
essive-formal	ajként	ajakként
essive-modal	ajul	—
inessive	ajban	ajakban
superessive	ajon	ajakon
adessive	ajnál	ajaknál
illative	ajba	ajakba
sublative	ajra	ajakra
allative	ajhoz	ajakhoz
elative	ajból	ajakból
delative	ajról	ajakról
ablative	ajtól	ajaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	ajé	ajaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	ajéi	ajakéi

Possessive forms of aj
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ajam	ajaim
2nd person sing.	ajad	ajaid
3rd person sing.	aja	ajai
1st person plural	ajunk	ajaink
2nd person plural	ajatok	ajaitok
3rd person plural	ajuk	ajaik

• (oh): aj in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• aj 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).

aj

1. this, this present, this current.

   aj bason.

   This spring.

• aꜧ (obsolete)

From Proto-Mayan *aaj.

aj

1. cane
2. firework

• Aj

• anonymous author (17th c.) Uocabulario copioso de las lenguas cakchikel y ꜭiche‎^[2] (in Spanish), page 8: “Aꜧ caña.”
• Brown, R. McKenna, Maxwell, Judith M., Little, Walter E. (2006) ¿La ütz awäch? Introduction to Kaqchikel Maya Language, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 204
• Ruyán Canú, Déborah, Coyote Tum, Rafael, Munson L., Jo Ann (1991) Diccionario cakchiquel central y español‎^[3] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano de Centroamérica, page 2

• ai (Scriver lombard)

From Latin alium.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaj/

aj m

1. garlic

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

aj

1. also, too

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[4], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

From Proto-Micronesian *ate, from Proto-Oceanic *qate, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay. Cognate with Paiwan qatsay, Malay hati, Javanese ati, Tagalog atay, Fijian yate.

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [ɑtʲ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /ɰætʲ/
• Bender phonemes: {haj}

aj

1. liver
2. spleen

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Central Kurdish	وەچ (weç)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ɑːʒ/

aj f (Arabic spelling ئاژ)

1. sprout, sucker, bud

   Synonyms: bişkoj, gupik, terh, zîl

• aj dan

• ajda

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “aj”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 4

Natural expression. First attested in the 14th century.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /aj/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /aj/

aj

1. (attested in Lesser Poland) oh!, whoa! (used as a reaction to an unexpected and unpleasant event or sensation)
   • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎^[5], Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], pages 39, 21:

     Noscze richlo ganbø swoiø, giszto molwø mne: ay ey (ferant confestim confusionem suam, qui dicunt mihi: euge, euge)!

     [Noście rychło gańbę swoję, jiż to mołwią mnie: Aj! Ej (ferant confestim confusionem suam, qui dicunt mihi: euge, euge)!]

• Polish: aj
• Silesian: aj

• Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “aj”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “aj”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

From Latin alium.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaj/

aj m

1. garlic

Cognates include Lule Sami aj.

• IPA^(key): /aj/

aj

1. also, too

• Joshua Wilbur (2014) A grammar of Pite Saami, Berlin: Language Science Press

Inherited from Old Polish aj.

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• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: aj

aj

1. oh!, whoa! (used as a reaction to an unexpected and unpleasant event or sensation)

aj

1. (Masuria, expressive) Introduces a clause; also

• ajaj, aj-aj, ajajaj, aj-waj, aj waj

• aj in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• aj in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Krystyna Siekierska (02.05.2008) “AJ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “aj”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 1, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 115

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔej (“tongue”). Compare Kott ei (“voice, sound”).

aj

1. tongue

aj

1. personal article used before masculine given names

   aj Mek ― Miguel

aj

1. forms demonyms from names of places

   ‎aj + ‎Watemaal (“Guatemala”) → ‎aj Watemaal (“Guatemalan”)

2. forms agent nouns from verbs

   ‎aj + ‎elq'ak (“to steal”) → ‎aj elq' (“thief”)

• Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998) [6]

Inherited from Old Polish aj.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaj/
• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: aj

aj

1. oh!, whoa! (used as a reaction to an unexpected and unpleasant event or sensation)

• Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “aj”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 10

• IPA^(key): [aj]

aj

1. also
2. even (implying an extreme example, used at the beginning of sentences)

   Synonym: i

   Antonym: ani

• “aj”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Onomatopoeic. Compare Kashubian aj, Polabian ai̯, and Polish aj.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaj/
• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: aj

aj

1. oh

   Synonyms: a, ach

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “ãi̯”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[7] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 2

• Rhymes: -aj

aj

1. ow, ouch; expression of one’s own pain, or sympathy with someone else’s.
   • (Can we date this quote?), traditional (lyrics and music), “I fjol så gick jag med herrarna i hagen [Last year I went with the men in the pasture]”, in Skillingtryck [Broadside ballads]‎^[8], performed by Hootenanny Singers:

     I fjol så gick jag med herrarna i hagen. Ja, ja, med herrarna i hagen. Ja, med herrarna i hagen. I år har jag något som sparkar i magen. Aj, aj, som sparkar i magen. Aj, som sparkar i magen.

     Last year I went with the men in the pasture. Yes, yes, with the men in the pasture. Yes, with the men in the pasture. This year I have something that kicks in my belly. Ow, ow, that kicks in my belly. Ow, that kicks in my belly.

2. aye; yea; a word expressing assent, for example in nautical contexts.

• aj aj, kapten

• aj in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• aj in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

• ja

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ʔa˥/
• Tone numbers: a³
• Hyphenation: aj

From Proto-Tai *ʔaːꟲ (“to open (the mouth)”). Cognate with Thai อ้า (âa).

aj (Sawndip forms 吖 or 哑 or 𮤴 or 呵 or 㕶, 1957–1982 spelling aз)

1. to open; to spread open

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

aj (1957–1982 spelling aз)

1. (dialectal) about to; soon

   Synonym: yaek