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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ajьčьjь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Relative adjective of *ājьce (egg) + *-ьjь.

Adjective

*ajьčьjь

  1. pertaining to egg
    *ajьčьjь bělъkъegg white

Declension

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: я́йчи (jájči) (rare, dialectal)
    • Slovene: jájčji
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: vaječí (rare)

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*ajьčьjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 63
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