яйцо

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(1) яйцо (яйка)
(2) яйцо (яечка)
(3) яйцо (яйцаклетка)

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian ꙗйце (jajce), from Old East Slavic ꙗице (jaice), from Proto-Slavic *ājьcè, diminutive of *ȃje (egg), ultimately from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓja (egg), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (egg).

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Noun

яйцо́ (jajcón inan (genitive яйца́, nominative plural я́йцы, genitive plural яе́ц, relational adjective яе́чны, diminutive яе́чка)

  1. egg (approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, housing the embryo within a membrane or shell during its development)
    Synonym: я́йка (jájka)
  2. (colloquial, usually in the plural) testicle, ball (the male sex and endocrine gland, found in most types of animals, that produces sperm)
    Synonym: яе́чка (jajéčka)
    • 2003, Уладзімір Някляеў, “Гульні жаданняў”, in Лабух, Minsk; republished as “Піянерскі салют”, in Дванаццаць актаў (зборнік), Litres, 2022, →ISBN:
      Па беразе кульгаў прыгорблены Максім Герасімавіч Блонак Яйцы ён гразіў адарваць і піянерам, і піянеркам — хто іх там у вадзе разбярэ.
      Pa bjerazje kulʹhaŭ pryhórbljeny Maksim Hjerasimavič Blónak Jajcy jon hraziŭ adarvacʹ i pijanjeram, i pijanjerkam — xto ix tam u vadzje razbjare.
      Along the shore hobbled the hunched Maksim Hierasimavič Błonak He was making threats to tear off the testicles of both the pioneer boys and girls alike—not that anyone could tell them apart in the water anyway.
  3. ovum (the female gamete in animals; the egg cell)
    Synonyms: аацы́т (aacýt), яйцакле́тка (jajcakljétka)

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Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ꙗице (jaice), from Proto-Slavic *ājьcè, diminutive of *ȃje (egg), ultimately from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓja (egg), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (egg).

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Noun

яйцо́ (jajcón inan (genitive яйца́, nominative plural я́йца, genitive plural яи́ц or я́иц*, relational adjective яи́чный, diminutive яи́чко) (* Colloquial.)

  1. egg
    Meronyms: бело́к (belók), желто́к (želtók), скорлупа́ (skorlupá)
    (proverb) я́йца ку́рицу не у́чатjájca kúricu ne účatdon't teach your grandmother to suck eggs
  2. ovum
  3. (colloquial) testicle, ball, nut, nad, gonad
    Synonyms: мудо́ (mudó), мудё (mudjó), мудя́ (mudjá)
    она́ де́ржит его́ за я́йцаoná déržit jevó za jájcashe's got him by the balls

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