Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zajьčę

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *zajьka +‎ *-ę.

Noun

*zajьčę n

1. leveret

Declension

Declension of *zajьčę (nt-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zajьčę	*zajьčęti	*zajьčęta
genitive	*zajьčęte	*zajьčętu	*zajьčętъ
dative	*zajьčęti	*zajьčętьma	*zajьčętьmъ
accusative	*zajьčę	*zajьčęti	*zajьčęta
instrumental	*zajьčętьmь	*zajьčętьma	*zajьčęty
locative	*zajьčęte	*zajьčętu	*zajьčętьxъ
vocative	*zajьčę	*zajьčęti	*zajьčęta

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *заичѧ (*zaičę), *заича (*zaiča)
    • Old Ruthenian: *зайча (*zajča)
      • Ukrainian: зайча́ (zajčá)
    • Russian: зайча́та pl (zajčáta); зайча́ (zajčá) (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Russian: зайча́тина (zajčátina, “hare meat”) (dialectal)

Further reading

• Anikin, A. E. (2023) “за́йка”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 17 (жихарь I – засьюндывать), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 223: “*zajьčę ― *zajʹčę”