Zajac
English
Etymology
From a Slavic language, e.g. Polish Zając, from zając (“hare”), or Slovak, Sorbian, and Serbo-Croatian zajac ("hare").
Proper noun
Zajac
- A surname.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Zajac”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzajat͡s]
Proper noun
Zajac m anim (female equivalent Zajacová)
- a male surname
Declension
Declension of Zajac (soft masculine animate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Zajac | Zajacové |
| genitive | Zajace | Zajaců |
| dative | Zajacovi | Zajacům |
| accusative | Zajace | Zajace |
| vocative | Zajaci | Zajacové |
| locative | Zajacovi | Zajacích |
| instrumental | Zajacem | Zajaci |
Further reading
- “Zajac”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
- Moldanová, Dobrava (2019) Naše příjmení [Our surnames] (in Czech), 5th edition, Prague: Agentura Pankrác, →ISBN, page 220
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzajat͡s]
Proper noun
Zajac m pers (female equivalent Zajacová)
- a male surname
Declension
| singular | plural 1 | plural 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Zajac | Zajacovia | Zajacovci |
| genitive | Zajaca | Zajacov | Zajacovcov |
| dative | Zajacovi | Zajacom | Zajacovcom |
| accusative | Zajaca | Zajacov | Zajacovcov |
| locative | Zajacovi | Zajacoch | Zajacovcoch |
| instrumental | Zajacom | Zajacmi | Zajacovcami |
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, 2003–2025