рцы

рцы

Old Church Slavonic

Verb

рцы • (rcy) (East Church Slavonic)

1. second-person singular imperative of рещи (rešti)
   • 1581, Ostrog Bible, Genesis 20.13:

     […] въ всѣхъ мѣ́стехъ в нѧже прїидемъ, тамъ рцы бра́тъ ми е҆сть·

     […] at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic рьци (rĭci), the imperative singular form of рещи (rešti, “to speak, to say”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rt͡sɨ]

Noun

рцы • (rcy) n inan (indeclinable)

1. (archaic) name of the Cyrillic letter Р, р, called эр (er) in modern Russian