телец

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic тельць (telĭcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *telьcь.

• IPA^(key): [tɛˈlɛt͡s]
• Hyphenation^(key): те‧лец

теле́ц • (teléc) m

1. (archaic or poetic) calf (young bull)

   Synonym: теле́ (telé)

2. a Taurus (person with the zodiac sign)

• “телец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “телец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “теле; телец”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 912
• Ivanova-Mirčeva, D., editor (2009), “тельць”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Valentin Trajanov, page 937

Inherited from Old East Slavic теля (telja), from Proto-Slavic *telę. See also the more common телёнок (teljónok) and the (regional) теля́ (teljá).

• IPA^(key): [tʲɪˈlʲet͡s]

теле́ц • (teléc) m anim (genitive тельца́, nominative plural тельцы́, genitive plural тельцо́в)

1. (dated, poetic) calf

   Antonym: телёнок (teljónok)

   золото́й теле́ц ― zolotój teléc ― golden calf

• IPA^(key): [ˈtʲelʲɪt͡s]

те́лец • (télec) n inan pl

1. genitive plural of те́льце (télʹce)