яечка

• jajeczka — obsolete
• jaječka — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

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• IPA^(key): [jaˈjet͡ʂka]

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яе́чка • (jajéčka) n inan (genitive яе́чка, nominative plural яе́чкі, genitive plural яе́чак)

1. eggie, small egg, diminutive of я́йка (jájka), diminutive of яйцо́ (jajcó)
   • 1929, Vacłaŭ Łastoŭski, “Les”, in Станіслаў Любіч-Маеўскі, editor, Pierszy pramień, Lviv: Dziarżaŭnae Wydawiectwa Szkolnych Kniżak, page 94:

     I ptuszak u lesie mnoha. Ad jichniaha szczebiatańnia hudzić uwieś les. Na drewach i kustoch schawanyja jichnija hniozdy z jajeczkami dy z ptuszaniatami.

     And there are many birds in the forest. Their chirping makes the entire forest resonate. Hidden in the trees and bushes are their nests, containing eggies and nestlings.

2. (anatomy) testicle

   Synonym: (rare) тэсці́кула (tescíkula)

   • 1932 [1923], Jaroslav Hašek, Karel Vaněk, translated by Лукаш Калюга, Частка чацьвертая (Прыгоды ўдалага ваякі Швэйка; 4), Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války (in Czech), page 93:

     З больніцы ён вышаў, як цень, а не чалавек, а пасьля напаў тубэркулёз, і яму давялося выразаць абодва яечкі.

     Z bólʹnicy jon vyšaŭ, jak cjenʹ, a nje čalavjek, a pasʹlja napaŭ tuberkuljóz, i jamu davjalósja vyrazacʹ abódva jaječki.

     After his release from the hospital, he was more like a shadow than a man, and then tuberculosis struck, and he had to have both testicles removed.

• “яечка” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• "яечка" in Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984) at Verbum