заяц
Belarusian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *zajęcь, *zajьcь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzajat͡s]
Audio (file)
Noun
за́яц • (zájac) m animal (genitive за́йца, nominative plural зайцы́, genitive plural зайцо́ў, feminine зайчы́ха, relational adjective за́йчы, diminutive за́йчык)
Declension
Declension of за́яц (anml hard masc-form accent-c irreg-stem)
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | за́яц zájac |
зайцы́ zajcý |
genitive | за́йца zájca |
зайцо́ў zajcóŭ |
dative | за́йцу zájcu |
зайца́м zajcám |
accusative | за́йца zájca |
зайцо́ў zajcóŭ |
instrumental | за́йцам zájcam |
зайца́мі zajcámi |
locative | за́йцы zájcy |
зайца́х zajcáx |
count form | — | за́йцы1 zájcy1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “заяц” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak zajac, from Proto-Slavic *zajęcь. Cognates include Slovak zajac and Carpathian Rusyn за́яць (zájacʹ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzajat͡s]
- Rhymes: -ajat͡s
- Hyphenation: за‧яц
Declension
Declension of заяц
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | заяц zajac |
заяци zajaci |
genitive | заяца zajaca |
заяцох zajacox |
dative | заяцови zajacovi |
заяцом zajacom |
accusative | заяца zajaca |
заяци zajaci |
instrumental | заяцом zajacom |
заяцами zajacami |
locative | заяцови zajacovi |
заяцох zajacox |
vocative | заяцу zajacu |
заяци zajaci |
References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “заяц”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
Russian
FWOTD – 21 February 2023
Alternative forms
- за́яцъ (zájac) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zajęcь, *zajьcь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈza(j)ɪt͡s]
- Hyphenation: за́‧яц
Audio (file)
Noun
за́яц • (zájac) m anim (genitive за́йца, nominative plural за́йцы, genitive plural за́йцев, feminine зайчи́ха, relational adjective за́ячий, diminutive за́инька or за́йчик or за́йка)
- hare
- 1969, F. Kandel, A. Kurlyandsky, A. Khait, Ну, погоди!, spoken by Wolf:
- Ну за́яц, ну погоди́!
- Nu zájac, nu pogodí!
- Well, hare, just you wait!
- (colloquial) one who uses public transportation without buying a ticket, fare dodger, stowaway
- ехать зайцем ― jexatʹ zajcem ― to be a stowaway (literally, “to ride as a hare”)
- 2009, V. Y. Kungurceva, Ведогони, или Новые похождения Вани Житного:
- Мо́жно бы́ло за́йцами е́хать на электри́чке или на авто́бусе, но опя́ть ведь пробле́ма гвозде́нья встава́ла!
- Móžno býlo zájcami jéxatʹ na elektríčke ili na avtóbuse, no opjátʹ vedʹ probléma gvozdénʹja vstavála!
- We could have taken the electric train or the bus as stowaways, but again the problem of nagging!
Usage notes
Declension
Related terms
- зайчо́нок (zajčónok)
- за́ячья губа́ (zájačʹja gubá)
- зайчи́шка (zajčíška)
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