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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ȃje (“egg”), ultimately from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓja (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jǎːje/
- Hyphenation: ја‧је
Noun
ја́је n (Latin spelling jáje)
- egg
- пржена јаја ― fried eggs
- јаје на око ― sunny-side up egg
- у Чеченији су пронашли јаја диносаура стара 60 000 000 година ― they found dinosaur eggs in Chechnya that are 60 000 000 years old
- (mildly vulgar, colloquial, usually in the plural) ball, testicle
- фрајеру, чек, обријао си јаја? ― dude, wait, you shaved your balls?
- госпођо, упознајте челична јаја ― madam, meet balls of steel
- кучка ме ударила у јаја! ― the bitch kicked me in the nuts!
- idiomatic and figurative meanings
- тражити длаку у јајету ― to look for meaningless details
- (бити сличан) као јаје јајету ― as two peas in a pod
- хладити јаја ― to rest and enjoy (as opposed to be working hard)
- држати некога за јаја ― to have somebody by the balls
- до јаја ― (as an adjective) awesome; (as an adverb) awesomely; completely, to the full
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