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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zajьčę

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *zajьka + *.

Noun

*zajьčę n

  1. leveret

Declension

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *заичѧ (*zaičę), *заича (*zaiča)
      • Old Ruthenian: *зайча (*zajča)
        • Ukrainian: зайча́ (zajčá)
      • Russian: зайча́та pl (zajčáta); зайча́ (zajčá) (dialectal)
      • Russian: зайча́тина (zajčátina, hare meat) (dialectal)

Further reading

  • Anikin, A. E. (2023) “за́йка”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 17 (жихарь I – засьюндывать), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 223:*zajьčę*zajʹčę
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