See also: Zajac, zając, Zając, and zająć

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zajęcь, *zajьcь.

Noun

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zàjac m (Cyrillic spelling за̀јац)

  1. (regional, Kajkavian) (regional, Torlakian) hare, rabbit

Synonyms

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Slovak

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *zajęcь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źṓjinkas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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zajac m animal (female equivalent zajačica, relational adjective zajačí, diminutive zajačik, augmentative zajačisko)

  1. hare

Declension

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Declension of zajac
(patterns chlap (singular) and stroj (plural))
singularplural
nominativezajaczajace
genitivezajacazajacov
dativezajacovizajacom
accusativezajacazajace
locativezajacovizajacoch
instrumentalzajacomzajacmi

Further reading

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  • zajac”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Upper Sorbian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zàję̄cь.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈzajat͡s/
  • Rhymes: -ajat͡s
  • Hyphenation: za‧jac
  • Syllabification: za‧jac

Noun

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zajac m animal (feminine zaječica, diminutive zaječk)

  1. (zoology) hare
    Synonym: (jocular) wuchač
    • 1999, Serbske Nowiny, Sept-16-1999, quoted from corpus uni-leipzig.de: Wortschatz.de
      Lětsa sym dotal jeničkeho (snano poslednjeho) zajaca wokoło Ralbic widźał, sornu hišće ani jeničku.
      So far this year I have seen the only (perhaps the last) hare around Ralbitz, and not a single deer.

Declension

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