ꙁаѧць
Old Novgorodian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zàję̄cь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *zájinkos. Cognate with Russian за́яц (zájac), Belarusian за́яц (zájac), Ukrainian за́яць (zájacʹ), за́єць (zájecʹ).
Noun
ꙁа́ꙗць (zájacĭ) m
- hare
- … а ·г҃· заѧцѣ и тетеревѣ… ― … a 3 zaęcě i teterevě… ― … and 3 hares and black grouse…
Further reading
- “а ·г҃· заѧцѣ и тетеревѣ…”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, (please provide a date or year) (document № 842)
- Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004), “заꙗць”, in Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect] (Studia philologica) (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 741 of 872