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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ajatъ

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

From *ȃje + *-atъ. Cognate with Latin ōvātus.

Adjective

*ȃjatъ m

  1. ovate
    oval, shaped like an egg

Alternative forms

Declension

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ја̀јат (testicular)
      Latin script: jàjat (testicular)

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*ajatъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 61
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