старец
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *starьcь. Equivalent to стар (star, “old”) + -ец (-ec).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈstarɛt͡s]
Noun
ста́рец • (stárec) m (feminine стари́ца)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ста́рец stárec |
ста́рци stárci |
| definite (subject form) |
ста́рецът stárecǎt |
ста́рците stárcite |
| definite (object form) |
ста́реца stáreca | |
| vocative form | ста́рче, ста́рецо stárče, stáreco |
ста́рци stárci |
Alternative forms
- стари́к (starík) — dialectal
References
- “старец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “старец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starьcь. Equivalent to стар (star, “old”) + -ец (-ec).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈstaɾɛt͡s]
Noun
старец • (starec) m (feminine старица or старка, relational adjective старечки, diminutive старче, augmentative старчиште)
- old man
- (Christianity) monastic elder, starets
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | старец (starec) | старци (starci) |
| definite unspecified | старецот (starecot) | старците (starcite) |
| definite proximal | старецов (starecov) | старциве (starcive) |
| definite distal | старецон (starecon) | старцине (starcine) |
| vocative | старецу (starecu) | старци (starci) |
| count form | — | стареца (stareca) |
Related terms
See also
- дедо m (dedo)
Russian
Alternative forms
- ста́рецъ (stárec) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
From Old East Slavic старьць (starĭcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *starьcь. By surface analysis, ста́рый (stáryj) + -ец (-ec).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈstarʲɪt͡s]
Audio: (file)
Noun
ста́рец • (stárec) m anim (genitive ста́рца, nominative plural ста́рцы, genitive plural ста́рцев)
- (literary) old man, whitebeard
- (Christianity) monastic elder, starets
Declension
Declension of ста́рец (anim masc-form ц-stem accent-a reduc)
Synonyms
- стари́к (starík)
Related terms
- ста́рческий (stárčeskij)
- ста́рый (stáryj)