See also: jāje

Kashubian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ȃje, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓja, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.

Noun edit

jaje

  1. egg

Further reading edit

  • jaje”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ȃje (egg), ultimately from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓja (egg), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (egg).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /jǎːje/
  • Hyphenation: ja‧je

Noun edit

jáje n (Cyrillic spelling ја́је)

  1. egg
    pržena jajafried eggs
    jaje na okosunny-side up egg
    u Čečeniji su pronašli jaja dinosaura stara 60 000 000 godinathey found dinosaur eggs in Chechnya that are 60 000 000 years old
  2. (mildly vulgar, colloquial, usually in the plural) ball, testicle
    frajeru, ček, obrijao si jaja?dude, wait, you shaved your balls?
    gospođo, upoznajte čelična jajamadam, meet balls of steel
    kučka me udarila u jaja!the bitch kicked me in the nuts!
  3. idiomatic and figurative meanings
    tražiti dlaku u jajetuto look for meaningless details
    (biti sličan) kao jaje jajetuas two peas in a pod
    hladiti jajato rest and enjoy (as opposed to be working hard)
    držati koga za jajato have somebody by the balls
    do jaja(as an adjective) awesome; (as an adverb) awesomely; completely, to the full

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • jaje” in Hrvatski jezični portal