# мая
## Belarusian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [maˈja]

### Pronoun

мая́ • (majá)
* nominative feminine singular of мой (moj)

## Bulgarian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *majati.
Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary distinguish the meaning “to delay, to dally” (under мая¹) from “to mesmerise, to wonder” (under мая²).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmajɐ]

### Verb

ма́я • (mája) first-singular present indicative, impf
* (transitive, intransitive, primary meaning) to waver, to sway
** (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) to beacon, to signal
** (transitive, colloquial) to divert someone's attention, to distract
** (transitive, colloquial) to delay, to detain somebody from doing something
** (reflexive with се, obsolete) to roam back and forth
** (reflexive with се) to dawdle, to loiter, to dally
* (transitive, secondary meaning) to mesmerise, to amaze
** (transitive, dialectal) to charm, to enchant
** (transitive, dialectal) to stun, to surprise
** (reflexive with се) to wonder, to dither, to ponder
    чу́дя и се ма́я (phraseologism) ― čúdja i se mája ― to be contemplating [over some question, dilemma]

#### Usage notes

Only the passive мая се (maja se) is widely used within the standard language. The (ambi)transitive meanings are mostly colloquial or dialectal.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Dialectally marked.

#### Alternative forms

* ма́ям (májam) — with generalized a-conjugation

#### Derived terms

* майо́сам (majósam) майо́тя (majótja), маю́вам (majúvam) (dialectal)
* замая pf (zamaja), замайвам impf (zamajvam)
** главозама́я pf (glavozamája), главозама́йвам impf (glavozamájvam, “to blow one's mind”) (figurative)
* измая се pf (izmaja se), измайвам се impf (izmajvam se, “to dawdle”) (dialectal)
* намая се pf (namaja se), намайвам се impf (namajvam se)
* омая pf (omaja), омайвам impf (omajvam)
* помая pf (pomaja), помайвам impf (pomajvam)
* премая pf (premaja), премайвам impf (premajvam, “to lure”) (dialectal)
* размая се pf (razmaja se), размайвам се impf (razmajvam se, “to moon about”) (dialectal)
* смая pf (smaja), смайвам impf (smajvam, “to astound”)
* ма́еж (máež) (action noun)
* мая́к (maják, “beacon”) (Russian loanword)
* маи́ло (maílo), маи́лка (maílka, “dilly-dally, indolent behaviour”) (dialectal)

#### Related terms

* ма́мя (mámja, “to deceive, to swindle”)
* ма́хам (máham, “to waver, to remove”)

### References

* “ма̀я, ма̀я се (гл.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “ма̀я (гл.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Nayden Gerov (1899) “ма́ѭ, -ешь; ма́ꙗлъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 56
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мая¹, мая²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 701

## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmajə]

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

ма́я • (mája) m inan
* genitive singular of май (maj)

### Etymology 2
#### Participle

ма́я • (mája)
* present adverbial imperfective participle of ма́ять (májatʹ)