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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/starьcь
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *starъ + *-ьcь.
Noun
*starьcь m
- old man
Declension
Declension of *starьcь (soft o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *starьcь | *starьca | *starьci |
| Accusative | *starьcь | *starьca | *starьcę̇ |
| Genitive | *starьca | *starьcu | *starьcь |
| Locative | *starьci | *starьcu | *starьcixъ |
| Dative | *starьcu | *starьcema | *starьcemъ |
| Instrumental | *starьcьmь, *starьcemь* | *starьcema | *starьci |
| Vocative | *starьče | *starьca | *starьci |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: старьць (starĭcĭ)
- Russian: ста́рец (stárec)
- Old Belarusian: старецъ (starec)[1]
- Belarusian: ста́рац (stárac)
- Old Ukrainian: старець (starecʹ)[2]
- Ukrainian: ста́рець (stárecʹ)
- Old East Slavic: старьць (starĭcĭ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: старьць (starĭcĭ)
- Glagolitic: ⱄⱅⰰⱃⱐⱌⱐ (starĭcĭ)
- Bulgarian: старец (starec)
- Macedonian: старец (starec)
- (Kostur): ста̀рец (stàrec)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ста̏рац
- Latin: stȁrac
- Chakavian (Vrgada): stȁrac
- Chakavian (Grobnik): stȁrac
- Chakavian (Orlec): stãrec
- Chakavian (Trogir): stȁrac
- Chakavian (Zaglav, Dugi otok): stȁrac
- Chakavian (Liburnija): stạ̏rac
- Kajkavian (Bednja): stāōrȅc
- Kajkavian (Varaždin): stạ̃rȩc
- Kajkavian (Čabar): st'a:rc
- Slovene: stȃrəc (tonal orthography)
- (Črni vrh, Idrija): stȃrc
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: stařec
- Czech: stařec
- Bohemian (Chod dialect): starec
- Czech: stařec
- Slovak: starec
- Old Polish: starzec
- Polish: starzec
- Slovincian: stãrc
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: starc
- Lower Sorbian: starc
- Old Czech: stařec
Further reading
- Todorov T., editor (2010), “старец”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 434
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (2012), “старецъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 32 (смыковати – струмень), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 333
- Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “старець”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 380