старец

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *starьcь. Equivalent to стар (star, “old”) +‎ -ец (-ec).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstarɛt͡s]

Noun

ста́рец • (stárec) m (feminine стари́ца)

1. 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 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)

1. old man
2. (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. By surface analysis, ста́рый (stáryj) +‎ -ец (-ec).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstarʲɪt͡s]

• Audio:

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Noun

ста́рец • (stárec) m anim (genitive ста́рца, nominative plural ста́рцы, genitive plural ста́рцев)

1. (literary) old man, whitebeard
2. (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)