заѧцъ

Old Ruthenian

за́ѧцъ (sense 1)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic за́ѧць (záęcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *zàjęcь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źṓˀjinkas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰóh₂y-in-kos, from *ǵʰey-.[1][2][3][4] Doublet of за́ецъ.

Noun

за́ѧцъ (transliteration needed) m anim

  1. hare

Descendants

  • Belarusian: за́яц (zájac)
  • Rusyn: за́яць (zájacʹ)
  • Ukrainian: за́єць (zájecʹ); за́яць (zájacʹ), за́яєць (zájajecʹ) (dialectal)

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), заєць”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 223
  2. Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), за́яц”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volume 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 312
  3. Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), Suf. -cь, -ce”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: National Ossoliński Institute, page 97:zajęcь < *ǵhāi̯-en-ko-
  4. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), *měsęcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 193:*zajęcь < *ǵhāi̯-en-ko-

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