ajьce

ajьce Grammatical information: n. jo Proto-Slavic meaning: `egg'

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Old Church Slavic:

aice `egg' [n jo]

Russian:

jajcó `egg' [n jo];

jájko (dial.) `egg' [n o]

Czech:

vejce `egg' [n jo];

vajko (dial.) `egg' [n o]

Slovak:

vajce `egg' [n jo]

Polish:

jajko `egg' [n o];

jajce (obs., dial.) `egg' [n jo]

Upper Sorbian:

jejko `testicle' [n o]

Lower Sorbian:

jajko `Easter-egg, berry' [n o]

Serbo-Croatian:

jájce `egg' [n jo]

Slovene:

jájce `egg' [n jo];

jàjce `egg' [n jo];

jajcè `egg' [n jo]

Bulgarian:

jajcé `egg' [n jo]

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Comments: Originally a diminutive of *jaje. Forms with a suffix *-ko are secondary.

Other cognates:

Gk. ᾠόν `egg' [n];

Lat. ōvum `egg' [n];

OIc. egg `egg' [n];

OHG ei `egg' [n];

W wy `egg'