ꙁаѩць

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zàję̄cь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źṓˀjinkas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰó(h₂)yinkos. Cognate with Russian за́яц (zájac), Belarusian за́яц (zájac), Ukrainian за́яць (zájacʹ).

Noun

ꙁаѩць (zajęcĭ) m

1. hare

   … а ·г҃· заѧцѣ и тетеревѣ… ― … a ·g:· zajęcě i teterevě… ― … and 3 hares and black grouse…

Further reading

• “а ·г҃· заѧцѣ и тетеревѣ… (letter no. 842)”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
• Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) “заꙗць”, in Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎^[1] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 741