бей
Bashkir
Etymology
Akin to Old Turkic 𐰋𐰏 (beg, “chief, titled man”), Old Uyghur [script needed] (beg, “lord, chief”), Karakhanid بگ (bēg, “chief, a woman's husband”), Turkish bey (“gentleman; lord, master”). See the latter for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bɪ̞j]
- Hyphenation: бей (one syllable)
Noun
бей • (bey)
- (historical) head of clan; a feudal lord
- (dated) a way to address a man honorifically
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | бей (bey) | бейҙәр (beyźər) |
| definite genitive | бейҙең (beyźeñ) | бейҙәрҙең (beyźərźeñ) |
| dative | бейгә (beygə) | бейҙәргә (beyźərgə) |
| definite accusative | бейҙе (beyźe) | бейҙәрҙе (beyźərźe) |
| locative | бейҙә (beyźə) | бейҙәрҙә (beyźərźə) |
| ablative | бейҙән (beyźən) | бейҙәрҙән (beyźərźən) |
Bulgarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bɛj]
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Etymology 1
From Turkish bey (“gentleman; lord, master”).
Noun
бей • (bej) (relational adjective бе́йов)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | бей bej |
бе́йове, бе́еве1, бе́йовци1 béjove, béeve1, béjovci1 |
| definite (subject form) |
бе́ят béjat |
бе́йовете, бе́евете1, бе́йовците1 béjovete, béevete1, béjovcite1 |
| definite (object form) |
бе́я béja | |
| vocative form | бе́ю béju |
бе́йове, бе́еве1, бе́йовци1 béjove, béeve1, béjovci1 |
1Archaic.
Etymology 2
Interjection
бей • (bej)
Ket
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *bej (“wind”). Cognate with Yug бей (bēj), Arin paj, Assan pej/bej, Kott pêj and Pumpokol baj/boi.
Werner (2002b) includes Nganasan биә (biə) and Tundra Nenets пыв (piw°, “fresh and dry wind; air in spring”) at the end of his etymological breakdown for a potential origin for the Yeniseian root, but being attested in each of the Yeniseian languages, plus the Na-Déne comparison makes the Samoyedic comparison less likely.
Noun
бей (bɛ̄j, bēj) m or n
- wind
- Бейдиӈаль аʼӄ найаӈдегин. (Kellog dialect)
- Bɛjdiŋalʲ aˀq najaŋdeɣin.
- The trees sway in the wind.
- Сьесьт ӄуриль бей. (Maduyka dialect)
- Sʲɛsʲt qurilʲ bēj.
- Winds from the mouth of the river.
- Бейиӈ бей биӈсебей. (Surgutiha dialect)
- Bɛjiŋ bɛ̄j biŋsɛbɛj.
- A light wind blew.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bɛˑj˧], [beˑj˧]
Derived terms
- бейиӈ (bɛ́jiŋ, “light, not heavy”)
- бейөксь (bejoksʲ, “mast”)
- ӄя бей (qà-bɛ̄j, “thunderstorm, tempest”)
References
- Kotorova, Elizaveta, Nefedov, Andrey (2015) “(I) bēj (m/n.)”, in Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 115
- Fortescue, Michael, Vajda, Edward (2022) “117.) ~*bejx”, in Mid-Holocene Language Connections between Asia and North America (Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas; 17)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 383
- Vajda, Edward (2024) “*bej”, in The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics [WOL]; 10.1)[2], volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, , →ISBN, page 416
- Werner, Heinrich (2002) “бей с (мн. нет)”, in Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы[3], 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN, page 21
- Werner, Heinrich (2002) “(1) beˑj (n., Pl. bejeŋ)”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 122-123
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bʲej]
Etymology 1
Noun
бей • (bej) m anim (genitive бе́я, nominative plural бе́и, genitive plural бе́ев)
- bey (Turkish official)
Declension
See also
Etymology 2
Verb
бей • (bej)
- second-person singular imperative imperfective of бить (bitʹ)
- Клином красным бей белых!
- Klinom krasnym bej belyx!
- Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge! (1919 Bolshevik propaganda poster)