ꙗєчный

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

  • єєчный (jeječnyj)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic *ꙗичьнъ (*jaičĭnŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ajьčьnъ. Cognate with Russian яи́чный (jaíčnyj). By surface analysis, ꙗйце (jajce) + -ный (-nyj).

Adjective

ꙗєчный • (jaječnyj)

  1. (relational) egg

Declension

adjectives
nouns

Descendants

  • Belarusian: яе́чны (jajéčny)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: яи́чный (jaýčnŷj)
  • Ukrainian: яє́чний (jajéčnyj), яє́шний (jajéšnyj)

Further reading

  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2017), “яечный”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 37 (чорное – ящыкъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 297
  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1989), “еечный”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 9 (дорогоценный – жеребей), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 179
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