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jaje

//jǎːje//
Serbo-Croatiannoun
Ћирилица: јајеone entry, two scripts

Definitions

  1. 1.
    egg
    • pržena jaja

      fried eggs

    • jaje na oko

      sunny-side up egg

    • u Čečeniji su pronašli jaja dinosaura stara 60 000 000 godina

      they found dinosaur eggs in Chechnya that are 60 000 000 years old

  2. 2.
    idiomatic and figurative meanings
    • tražiti dlaku u jajetu

      to look for meaningless details

    • (biti sličan) kao jaje jajetu

      as two peas in a pod

    • hladiti jaja

      to rest and enjoy (as opposed to be working hard)

  3. 3.
    colloquialvulgarball, testicle
    • frajeru, ček, obrijao si jaja?

      dude, wait, you shaved your balls?

    • gospođo, upoznajte čelična jaja

      madam, meet balls of steel

    • kučka me udarila u jaja!

      the bitch kicked me in the nuts!

Synonyms & related words

Word family

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ȃje (“egg”).

Forms

  • jájecanonical • neuter
  • ја́јеcyrillic
Nominative
Singular
jaje
Plural
jaja
Genitive
Singular
jajeta
Plural
jaja
Dative
Singular
jajetu
Plural
jajima
Accusative
Singular
jaje
Plural
jaja
Vocative
Singular
jaje
Plural
jaja
Locative
Singular
jajetu
Plural
jajima
Instrumental
Singular
jajetom
Plural
jajima

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