# բայ
## Armenian
### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /bɑj/, [bɑj]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /pɑj/, [pʰɑj]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Old Armenian բայ (bay).

#### Noun

բայ • (bay)
* (grammar) verb

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From Old Armenian բայ (bay).

#### Noun

բայ • (bay)
* lair

##### Declension
## Old Armenian
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂-ti-, from *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”); cognate with Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis), φάτις (phátis, “declaration, enunciation, rumour”).

#### Noun

բայ • (bay)
* speech, discourse
* word
* (grammar) verb

##### Derived terms

* աներկբայ (anerkbay)
* աներկբայաբար (anerkbayabar)
* աներկբայապէս (anerkbayapēs)
* աներկբայելի (anerkbayeli)
* աներկբայութիւն (anerkbayutʻiwn)
* անխաբեբայ (anxabebay)
* առբայութիւն (aṙbayutʻiwn)
* բայածական (bayacakan)
* բայբան (bayban)
* բայեմ (bayem)
* բայիմ (bayim)
* երկբայ (erkbay)
* երկբայաբար (erkbayabar)
* երկբայանամ (erkbayanam)
* երկբայանիմ (erkbayanim)
* երկբայանք (erkbayankʻ)
* երկբայեցուցանեմ (erkbayecʻucʻanem)
* երկբայիմ (erkbayim)
* երկբայութիւն (erkbayutʻiwn)
* թերաբայութիւն (tʻerabayutʻiwn)
* խաբեբայ (xabebay)
* խաբեբայութիւն (xabebayutʻiwn)
* կրկնաբայ (krknabay)
* մակբայ (makbay)
* մակբայանամ (makbayanam)
* յերկբայանամ (yerkbayanam)
* նրբաբայեմ (nrbabayem)

##### Descendants

* Armenian: բայ (bay)

#### References

* ↑ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
* ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian‎, Zagreb, page 9
* ↑ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “bay₁”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 165

#### Further reading

* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

բայ • (bay)
* third-person singular present active indicative of բամ (bam)

### Etymology 3

Ačaṙean does not record an acceptable etymology.
Ałayan derives from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewH- (“to be”), connecting the word with Old Irish both (“hut, bothy, cot; cabin”), Welsh bod (“dwelling”), Lithuanian bùtas (“house”). J̌ahukyan, developing this, writes that the Indo-European proto-form for Armenian may have been *bʰweH-t- and the closest cognate—Albanian botë. Martirosyan remarks that not all the formal details are clear. For the semantic field, he compares the etymologically cognate բոյն (boyn, “nest; den, lair; hut”).

#### Alternative forms

* բահ (bah) — post-Classical

#### Noun

բայ • (bay)
* den, lair (especially of a bear)

##### Derived terms

* բայանամ (bayanam)
* բայեցեալ (bayecʻeal)
* բայոց (bayocʻ)

##### Descendants

* Armenian: բայ (bay)

#### References

* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 402b
* Aġayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʻnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʻyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 35–36
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 116, 160
* Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “bay₂”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 165–166