ꙗєчный

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• єєчный (jeječnyj)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic *ꙗичьнъ (*jaičĭnŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ajьčьnъ. Cognate with Russian яи́чный (jaíčnyj). By surface analysis, ꙗйце (jajce) +‎ -ный (-nyj).

Adjective

ꙗєчный • (jaječnyj)

1. (relational) egg

Declension

Declension of ꙗєчный (hard)

		masculine	neuter	feminine	plural
nominative		ꙗєчный jaječnyj	ꙗєчноє jaječnoje	ꙗєчнаꙗ jaječnaja	ꙗєчныѣ jaječnyjě
genitive		ꙗєчного jaječnoho		ꙗєчноѣ jaječnojě	ꙗєчныхъ jaječnyx
dative		ꙗєчному jaječnomu		ꙗєчной jaječnoj	ꙗєчнымъ jaječnym
accusative	animate	ꙗєчного jaječnoho	ꙗєчноє jaječnoje	ꙗєчную jaječnuju	ꙗєчныхъ jaječnyx
	inanimate	ꙗєчный jaječnyj			ꙗєчныѣ jaječnyjě
instrumental		ꙗєчнымъ jaječnym		ꙗєчною jaječnoju	ꙗєчными jaječnymi
locative		ꙗєчномъ jaječnom		ꙗєчной jaječnoj	ꙗєчныхъ jaječnyx
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short form		ꙗєчнъ jaječn	ꙗєчно jaječno	ꙗєчна jaječna	ꙗєчны jaječny

Related terms

adjectives

• ꙗйцовый (jajcovyj)

 

nouns

• ꙗйце (jajce)

 

Descendants

• Belarusian: яе́чны (jajéčny)
• Carpathian Rusyn: яи́чный (jaýčnŷj)
• Ukrainian: яє́чний (jajéčnyj), яє́шний (jajéšnyj)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2017), “яечный”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 37 (чорное – ящыкъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 297
• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1989), “еечный”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 9 (дорогоценный – жеребей), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 179