старец
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *starьcь. Equivalent to стар (star, “old”) + -ец (-ec).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈstarɛt͡s]
Noun
ста́рец • (stárec) m (feminine стари́ца)
- senior, old man
Declension
Declension of ста́рец
| 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 Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- старец in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
Macedonian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *starьcь. Equivalent to стар (star, “old”) + -ец (-ec).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈstaɾɛt͡s]
Noun
старец • (starec) m (feminine старица or старка, related adjective старечки, diminutive старче, augmentative старчиште)
- old man
- (Christianity) monastic elder, starets
Declension
Declension of старец
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | старец | старци |
| definite unspecified | старецот | старците |
| definite proximal | старецов | старциве |
| definite distal | старецон | старцине |
| vocative | старецу | старци |
| count form | — | стареца |
Related terms
- старешина m (starešina)
- старејко m (starejko), старосват m (starosvat)
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. Synchronically analyzable as 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)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ста́рец stárec | ста́рцы stárcy |
| genitive | ста́рца stárca | ста́рцев stárcev |
| dative | ста́рцу stárcu | ста́рцам stárcam |
| accusative | ста́рца stárca | ста́рцев stárcev |
| instrumental | ста́рцем stárcem | ста́рцами stárcami |
| prepositional | ста́рце stárce | ста́рцах stárcax |
| vocative | ста́рче stárče |
Synonyms
- стари́к (starík)
Related terms
- ста́рческий (stárčeskij)
- ста́рый (stáryj)