заяцъ
Russian edit
Noun edit
за́яцъ • (zájac) m anim (genitive за́йца, nominative plural за́йцы, genitive plural за́йцевъ)
- Pre-1918 spelling of заяц (zajac, “hare”).
- 17xx, Unknown author, Слово о рассечении человеческого естества:
- Заѧцъбо страшливъ есть исвоеѧ тѣни боитсѧ сице и ч(е)л(овѣ)къ, аще страшливъ есть превыше мѣры, нѣси ч(е)л(овѣ)къ нозаѧцъ
- Zajacbo strašliv jestʹ isvojeja těni boitsja sice i č(e)l(ově)k, ašče strašliv jestʹ prevyše měry, něsi č(e)l(ově)k nozajac
- Because a hare is cowardly and is afraid of his own shadow, so a man, who is too much cowardly, is not a man, but a hare
- 1879, Lewis Caroll, Соня въ царствѣ дива [Sonya in the land of marvel], page 93:
- Со́ня вошла́ въ ко́мнату; ви́дитъ - по среди́нѣ стои́тъ накры́тый, дли́нный столъ; За столо́мъ Илю́шка съ за́йцемъ сидя́тъ за ча́емъ;
- Sónja vošlá v kómnatu; vídit - po sredíně stoít nakrýtyj, dlínnyj stol; Za stolóm Iljúška s zájcem sidját za čájem;
- Sonya entered the room; She saw that in the middle there stands a big, laid table; Behind the table Ilyushka and a hare drink tea;
Declension edit
Pre-reform declension of за́яцъ△ (anim masc-form ц-stem accent-a reduc irreg)
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