vajce

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ājьcè.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈʋajt͡sɛ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈvajt͡sɛ/

Noun

vajce n

1. egg

Declension

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	vajce	vajci	vajcě
genitive	vajcě	vajcú	vajec
dative	vajcu	vajcoma	vajcóm
accusative	vajce	vajci	vajcě
vocative	vajce	vajci	vajcě
locative	vajci, vajcu	vajcú	vajcích
instrumental	vajcem	vajcoma	vajci

Declension of vajce (soft o-stem)

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Derived terms

• vajéčko

Descendants

• Czech: vejce

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “vajce”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvajt͡se]

Noun

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

1. egg
2. (anatomy) testicle

Declension

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

Declension of vajce

Derived terms

• vajcový
• vaječník
• 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, 2003–2025