zajac

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See also: Zajac, zając, Zając, and zająć

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zajęcь, *zajьcь.

Noun

zàjac m (Cyrillic spelling за̀јац)

  1. (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)

  1. hare

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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)

  1. (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.

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