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See also: Appendix:Variations of "bae", Appendix:Variations of "ba", and Appendix:Variations of "be"
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From an onomatopoeia expressing disgust.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bæ n (singular definite bæet, not used in plural form)
- poop, faeces, crap (See Thesaurus:feces)
Noun
[edit]bæ c (singular definite bæen, plural indefinite bæer)
- turd (a piece of excrement)
Inflection
[edit]Declension of bæ
Icelandic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Interjection
[edit]bæ
Usage notes
[edit]Bæ is a relatively informal greeting, but very common. Bless or vertu sæll should be used in more formal situations.
The use of hæ and bæ (corresponding to English hi and bye) was commonly frowned upon by older speakers well into the 2000s.
Synonyms
[edit]- bless
- bless bless
- vertu bless
- vertu blessaður
- vertu sæll
- bæjó (very informal)
- sjáumst
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]bæ
- inflection of bær:
Ligurian
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Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bæ m (plural bæ)
See also
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Imitative (lydord)
Interjection
[edit]bæ
- baa (bleat of a sheep)
References
[edit]- “bæ” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Imitative (lydord)
Interjection
[edit]bæ
- baa (bleat of a sheep)
References
[edit]- “bæ” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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