vajce

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Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ājьcè.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈʋajt͡sɛ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈvajt͡sɛ/

Noun

vajce n

  1. egg

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Czech: vejce

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

vajce n (genitive singular vajca, nominative plural vajcia, genitive plural vajec, declension pattern of srdce)

  1. egg
  2. (anatomy) testicle

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • vajce”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024