jajo

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ȃje (“egg”), ultimately from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ōjan (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.jɔ/
• Rhymes: -ajɔ
• Syllabification: ja‧jo

Noun

jajo n (diminutive jajko)

1. egg

Declension

Declension of jajo

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	jajo	jaji	jaja
genitive	jaja	jajowu	jajow
dative	jajoju, jaju	jajoma	jajam
accusative	jajo	jaji	jaja
instrumental	jajom	jajoma	jajami
locative	jaju	jajoma	jajach

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “jajo”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “jajo”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Old Slovak

jajo

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwisder.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm

Proto-Balto-Slavic *ōjan

Proto-Slavic *ȃje

Old Polish jaje

Polish jajobor.

Old Slovak jajo

Borrowed from Polish jajo.

Noun

jajo n

1. egg

Further reading

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “jajo”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Polish

jajo

Alternative forms

• jaje (Zagórze)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwisder.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm

Proto-Balto-Slavic *ōjan

Proto-Slavic *ȃje

Old Polish jaje

Polish jajo

Inherited from Old Polish jaje, from Proto-Slavic *ȃje.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.jɔ/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Goral):
    • (Zagórze) IPA^(key): [ˈja.jɔ], [ˈja.ja]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ajɔ
• Syllabification: ja‧jo

Noun

jajo n (diminutive jajko or jajeczko, augmentative jajco)

1. egg
2. (cytology, embryology) egg cell, ovum, egg (female gamete in animals)

   Synonyms: jajeczko, komórka jajowa

3. (chiefly in the plural, mildly vulgar) ball, nut (testicle)
4. (in the plural, colloquial, mildly vulgar or Zagórze) balls, testicles
5. (in the plural, colloquial, mildly vulgar) fun, amusement

Declension

Declension of jajo

	singular	plural
nominative	jajo	jaja
genitive	jaja	jaj
dative	jaju	jajom
accusative	jajo	jaja
instrumental	jajem	jajami
locative	jaju	jajach
vocative	jajo	jaja

Derived terms

interjection

• bez jaj

verbs

• jaić impf
• złożyć jajo pf, składać jajo impf

Further reading

• “jajo”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “jajo”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Józefa Kobylińska (2001), “jaja, jajo”, in Marian Kucała, editor, Słownik gwary gorczańskiej (zagórzańskiej)‎^[3] (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Pedagogicznej, →ISBN, page 52