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Old Ruthenian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic за́ець (záecĭ), from Proto-Slavic *zàjęcь. See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Doublet of за́ѧцъ (zájacʹ).
Noun
заєцъ • (zajecʹ) m
- Alternative form of за́ѧцъ (zájacʹ, “hare”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “заєцєва кръницѣ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 375
- Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1993), “заяцъ, заецъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 12 (зашкодный – злотницкий), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 9
- Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2004), “заяцъ, заяць, заѧцъ, заєцъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 11 (затраченє – злечитисѧ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 56