vaj
See also: váj
English
Alternative forms
Albanian
Etymology 1
- Uncertain. Maybe from the other word meaning woe, connecting the tears with oil.Or a more probable theory suggests since Latin oliva gave rise to Albanian ulli, that means that the term vaj didn't derive from Latin but rather it might have evolved from Old Albanian *vaīlë (compare the dialectal forms) and earlier *ewaila becoming cognate with Ancient Greek *ἐλαίϝα (*elaíwa) and Old Armenian եւղ (ewł, “oil”) both, in turn, deriving from a Mediterranean substrate language.
- From Proto-Albanian *u̯ɔλa, from Vulgar Latin *oli̯u, from Latin oleum[1], from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion).
Etymology 2
Possibly from Proto-Albanian *uai, from Proto-Indo-European *wai, *uai (“woe!, alas!”); similar words are found in several European languages. Cognate to Ancient Greek ὀά (oá, “woe!, alas!”) and Old Armenian վայ (vay, “cry of pain”), Latin vae, English woe. Compare also Romanian vai, Serbo-Croatian авај (avaj), Italian guai. In view of a widespread secondary meaning 'to cry', one may also consider Proto-Albanian *vabja, connected with Old Church Slavonic вабимо (vabimo, “being lured”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wōpjan, “call out”), Old English wēpan (“weep, cry”).
Related terms
- vajtoj
- kukuvajkë
References
- Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 245.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɒj]
Audio (file)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | vaj | vajak |
accusative | vajat | vajakat |
dative | vajnak | vajaknak |
instrumental | vajjal | vajakkal |
causal-final | vajért | vajakért |
translative | vajjá | vajakká |
terminative | vajig | vajakig |
essive-formal | vajként | vajakként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | vajban | vajakban |
superessive | vajon | vajakon |
adessive | vajnál | vajaknál |
illative | vajba | vajakba |
sublative | vajra | vajakra |
allative | vajhoz | vajakhoz |
elative | vajból | vajakból |
delative | vajról | vajakról |
ablative | vajtól | vajaktól |
Possessive forms of vaj | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | vajam | vajaim |
2nd person sing. | vajad | vajaid |
3rd person sing. | vaja | vajai |
1st person plural | vajunk | vajaink |
2nd person plural | vajatok | vajaitok |
3rd person plural | vajuk | vajaik |
Romani
Tzotzil
Pronunciation
- (Zinacantán) IPA(key): /βäh/
Derived terms
References
- “vah(3)” in Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
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