vajce

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ajьce, diminutive of *(j)aje, *ȃje, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvajt͡sɛ/

Noun

vajce n (genitive singular vajca, nominative plural vajcia, genitive plural vajec, declension pattern of srdce)

1. egg
2. (anatomy) testicle

Declension

Declension of vajce

	singular	plural
nominative	vajce	vajcia
genitive	vajca	vajec
dative	vajcu	vajciam
accusative	vajce	vajcia
locative	vajci	vajciach
instrumental	vajcom	vajcami

Derived terms

• vajcový, vaječný
• vajíčko
• vajíčkový

Further reading

• “vajce”, 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, 2024