Old Ruthenian edit

за́ѧцъ (sense 1)

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic за́ѧць (záęcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *zàjęcь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źṓˀjinkas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰóh₂y-in-kos, from *ǵʰey-.[1][2][3][4] Doublet of за́ецъ (záecʹ).

Noun edit

заѧцъ (zajacʹm

  1. hare

Descendants edit

  • Belarusian: за́яц (zájac)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: за́яць (zájacʹ)
  • Ukrainian: за́єць (zájecʹ); за́яць (zájacʹ), за́яєць (zájajecʹ) (dialectal)

References edit

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “заєць”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 223
  2. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “за́яц”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 312
  3. ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “Suf. -cь, -ce”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 97:zajęcь < *ǵhāi̯-en-ko-
  4. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*měsęcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 193:*zajęcь < *ǵhāi̯-en-ko-*zajęcʹ < *ǵhāi̯-en-ko-

Further reading edit

  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “заєцєва кръницѣ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 375
  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1993), “заяцъ, заецъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 12 (зашкодный – злотницкий), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 9
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2004), “заяцъ, заяць, заѧцъ, заєцъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 11 (затраченє – злечитисѧ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 56