ej

ej

1. a call for attention. hey!, oi!

   Synonyms: hej, o

   Ej ti, ku shkon? ― Hey you, where are you going?

2. (archaic) yes

   Synonym: po

   • 1592, Luca Matranga, chapter 2, in E Mbësuame e Krështerë [The Albanian Christian Doctrine], page 8, lines 10–11:

     éei pǽr chíjr tǽ chríxtit Zótit tínæ

     éj për hír të kríshtit Zótit tínë

     Yes, for the grace of Christ our Lord.

• “ej”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980

ej

1. edge

See eje (“to own”).

• IPA^(key): /aj/, [ɑjˀ]

ej

1. imperative of eje

From Old Norse eigi.

• IPA^(key): /aj/, [ɑjˀ]

ej

1. (literary or poetic) not

• ikke

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /aj/, [ɑjˀ], [ɑj]

ej

1. (colloquial) used to express surprise, irritation, reproach, annoyance and other emotions

   Ej, hvor er den nuttet!

   Aw, how cute it is!

   Ej, det mener du ikke!

   Urgh, you cannot be serious!

Through metathesis of je (“I”).

• IPA^(key): /əʒ/
• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): [əʒ], [əh]

ej (first person singular)

1. (North America, colloquial) alternative form of je (“I”)

   Ej t'ai pas bien fait.

   I didn't treat you right.

   • 2023, “Ej m'en fus”‎^[2]performed by P'tit Belliveau:

     J'm'en irai / (Où est-c'que tu vas y'aller?) / Ej m'en va / (Dis-moi voir où est-c'que tu vas) / Ej m'en fus / (As-tu pensé au futur?)

     I will go away / (Where will you go?) / I'm leaving / (Please tell me where you're going) / I don't care / (Have you thought of the future?)

• em, et, es, el

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛj]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛj

ej

1. indicates anger, like when telling someone off
2. indicates surprise

• ej in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• ej in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

ej

1. inflection of iet:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ɛj/, [ej]

ej m inan

1. The name of the Latin script letter e/E.

• (Latin-script letter names) a, bej, cej, čet, ćej, dej, ej, ět, ef, gej, ha, cha, i, jot, ka, eł, el, em, en, ejn, o, pej, er, ejŕ, es, eš, śej, tej, u, wej, y, zet, žet, źej

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ejь.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛj/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛj
• Syllabification: ej

ej

1. expresses annoyance or displeasure
2. (informal) used to call someone's attention; hey

• “ej”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “ej”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

From hej through elision of the voiceless glottal fricative (h-dropping).

• IPA^(key): /ɛj/

ej

1. Expresses annoyance or displeasure
2. (informal) Used to call someone's attention; hey!, oi!

From Old Norse eigi. Cognate with Icelandic ei. Not related to Finnish ei.

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛj

ej (not comparable)

1. (often formal or poetic outside certain expressions) not

   Tro det eller ej.

   Believe it or not.

   (Jag) Vet ej.

   (I) Don't know.

   Gäller ej.

   Does not apply.

May also be used over longer synonym inte in informal chatting online because of its shortness.

• inte
• icke

• “ej”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “ej”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “ej”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

• IPA^(key): [eh]

ej

1. whoops

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “eh”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[5], Lyon

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ʔe˥/
• Tone numbers: e³
• Hyphenation: ej

ej (Sawndip forms ⿰韋倚 or ⿱丄一, 1957–1982 spelling eз)

1. to have sex; to copulate