zajac
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zajęcь, *zajьcь.
Noun
zàjac m anim (Cyrillic spelling за̀јац)
Synonyms
Slovak
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *zajęcь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źṓjinkas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzajat͡s]
Noun
zajac m animal (female equivalent zajačica, relational adjective zajačí, diminutive zajačik, augmentative zajačisko)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | zajac | zajace |
| genitive | zajaca | zajacov |
| dative | zajacovi | zajacom |
| accusative | zajaca | zajace |
| locative | zajacovi | zajacoch |
| instrumental | zajacom | zajacmi |
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
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)
- (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.
Declension
Declension of zajac (masculine hard hissing stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | zajac | zajacaj | zajacy |
| genitive | zajaca | zajacow | zajacow |
| dative | zajacej | zajacomaj | zajacam |
| accusative | zajaca | zajacaj | zajacy |
| instrumental | zajacom | zajacomaj | zajacami |
| locative | zajacu | zajacomaj | zajacach |
| vocative | zajaco | zajacaj | zajacy |
References
- “zajac” in Soblex