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май

май

See also: маи, мај, мӑй, and Appendix:Variations of "mai"

Abaza

Noun

май (māj)

  1. May

Related terms


Bashkir

Аҡ май [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɑj]
  • Hyphenation: май

Noun

май (may)

  1. butter
  2. oil, liquid fat
    үҫемлек майы.üθemlek mayï. ― vegetable oil.
  3. fat
  4. petroleum-based fluid, oil
  5. grease

Declension

Derived terms

Belarusian

Alternative forms

  • maj (maj) (Łacinka Orthography)

Pronunciation

Noun

май (maj) m

  1. May
    • у/ў ма́і (u/ǔ mái) — in May

Declension

Synonyms

Related terms

See also

(Gregorian calendar months) сту́дзень (stúdzjenʹ), лю́ты (ljúty), сакаві́к (sakavík), красаві́к (krasavík), тра́вень (trávjenʹ) / май, чэ́рвень (čérvjenʹ), лі́пень (lípjenʹ), жні́вень (žnívjenʹ), ве́расень (vjérasjenʹ), кастры́чнік (kastrýčnik), лістапа́д (listapád), сне́жань (snjéžanʹ)


Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mai/

Noun

май (maj) m

  1. May, the fifth month of the year

See also

Particle

май (maj)

  1. it seems (to me that)
    Май, че не е така.Maj, če ne e taka. ― I rather doubt it.
  2. in all probability/likelihood, most probably, apparently, to all appearances, by all appearances, very likely
    Май, че ще вали.Maj, če šte vali. ― It looks like rain; l'm afraid it's going to rain; I fancy it will rain.

Synonyms


Kyrgyz

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maj/

Noun

май (may)

  1. butter

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [maj]

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Old Church Slavonic маи (mai) from Byzantine Greek Μάϊος (Máïos) from Latin māius from Maia (perhaps) from Proto-Indo-European *magya (she who is great) from Proto-Indo-European *mégh₂s (great).

Noun

май (maj) m inan (genitive ма́я, nominative plural ма́и, genitive plural ма́ев)

  1. May, the fifth month of the year, containing 31 days.
    • в ма́еv máje ― in May
    • в ма́е э́того го́даv máje étovo góda ― in May
    • в ма́е про́шлого го́даv máje próšlogo góda ― last May
    • в ма́е бу́дущего го́даv máje búduščevo góda ― next May
    • до ма́яdo mája ― until May
    • с ма́я по дека́брьs mája po dekábrʹ ― from May to December
    • к ма́юk máju ― by May
    • пе́рвое ма́яpérvoje mája ― May first
    • пе́рвого ма́яpérvovo mája ― on May first
    • 1-го ма́я 2010 г.1-vo mája ― May 1, 2010
    • 1.V.2010 г.1.V.2010 g. ― May 1, 2010
Declension
Derived terms
See also

(Gregorian calendar months) ме́сяц григориа́нского календаря́ (mésjac grigoriánskovo kalendarjá); янва́рь (janvárʹ), февра́ль (fevrálʹ), март (mart), апре́ль (aprélʹ), май (maj), ию́нь (ijúnʹ), ию́ль (ijúlʹ), а́вгуст (ávgust), сентя́брь (sentjábrʹ), октя́брь (oktjábrʹ), ноя́брь (nojábrʹ), дека́брь (dekábrʹ) (Category: ru:Months)

Etymology 2

Verb

май (maj)

  1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of ма́ять (májatʹ)

Tajik

Etymology

Borrowing from Russian май (maj).

Noun

май (may)

Dari مه
Iranian Persian مه
Tajik май (may)
  1. May

Coordinate terms


Tatar

Noun

май (may)

  1. May