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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zajęcь, *zajьcь.
Noun
zàjac m (Cyrillic spelling за̀јац)
- (regional, Kajkavian) (regional, Torlakian) hare, rabbit
Synonyms
Slovak
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *zajęcь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źṓˀjinkas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰó(h₂)yinkos.
Pronunciation
Noun
zajac m animal (related adjective zajačí)
- hare
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “zajac”, 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, 2024
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zàję̄cь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzajat͡s/
- Rhymes: -ajat͡s
- Hyphenation: za‧jac
- Syllabification: za‧jac
Noun
zajac m animal (feminine zaječica, diminutive zaječk)
- (zoology) hare
- Synonym: (jocular) wuchač
- 1999, Serbske Nowiny, Sept-16-1999, quoted from corpus uni-leipzig.de: Wortschatz.de
Lětsa sym dotal jeničkeho (snano poslednjeho) zajaca wokoło Ralbic widźał, sornu hišće ani jeničku.- So far this year I have seen the only (perhaps the last) hare around Ralbitz, and not a single deer.
Declension
Declension of zajac (masculine hard hissing stem)
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