zajac

See also: Zajac, zając, Zając, and zająć

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zajęcь, *zajьcь.

Noun

zàjac m (Cyrillic spelling за̀јац)

(regional, Kajkavian) (regional, Torlakian) hare, rabbit

Synonyms

zȇc (зец)

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zajęcь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źṓˀjinkas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰó(h₂)yinkos.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈzajat͡s]

Noun

zajac m anim (genitive singular zajaca, nominative plural zajace, genitive plural zajacov, declension pattern of stroj)

hare

Declension

Declension of zajac

	singular	plural
nominative	zajac	zajace
genitive	zajaca	zajacov
dative	zajacovi	zajacom
accusative	zajaca	zajace
locative	zajacovi	zajacoch
instrumental	zajacom	zajacmi

Derived terms

zajačica
zajačí
zajačik

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, 2024

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zajęcь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źṓˀjinkas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰó(h₂)yinkos.

Noun

zajac m animal (feminine zaječica)

hare
- 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 (maybe last) hare around Ralbitz, the deer not a single one yet.

Declension

Declension of zajac

	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	zajac	zajacaj	zajacy

Further reading

“zajac” in Soblex

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