jajce

See also: Jajce

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ājьcè, diminutive of *ȃje (“egg”), ultimately from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓja (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjajt͡sɛ/, [ˈjajt͡sə]

Noun

jajce

1. nominative/accusative dual of jajko

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ājьcè, diminutive of *ȃje (“egg”), ultimately from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓja (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jǎːjt͡se/

Noun

jájce n (Cyrillic spelling ја́јце)

1. an egg
2. (mildly vulgar, slang, usually in the plural) ball, testicle

Declension

Declension of jajce

	singular	plural
nominative	jájce	jajca
genitive	jajca	jȃjācā
dative	jajcu	jajcima
accusative	jajce	jajca
vocative	jajce	jajca
locative	jajcu	jajcima
instrumental	jajcem	jajcima

Related terms

• jáje

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ājьcè, diminutive of *ȃje (“egg”), ultimately from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓja (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jàːjt͡sɛ/

Noun

jájce n

1. egg
2. (mildly vulgar, slang, usually in the plural) ball, testicle

Inflection

Neuter, soft
nom. sing.	jájce
gen. sing.	jájca
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	jájce	jájci	jájca
accusative	jájce	jájci	jájca
genitive	jájca	jájc	jájc
dative	jájcu	jájcema	jájcem
locative	jájcu	jájcih	jájcih
instrumental	jájcem	jájcema	jájci

Further reading

• “jajce”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran