Old Ruthenian

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Etymology

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By surface analysis, ꙗйце (jajce) +‎ -овый (-ovyj). Cognate with Russian яйцево́й (jajcevój).

Adjective

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ꙗйцовый (jajcovyj)

  1. (relational) egg

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Belarusian: я́йцавы (jájcavy)

Further reading

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  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2017), “яйцовый”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 37 (чорное – ящыкъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 309