творьць

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tvorьcь. By surface analysis, творити (tvoriti) +‎ ьць (ĭcĭ).

Noun

творьць • (tvorĭcĭ) m

1. creator
   • from Vita Constantini, 0602500-0602520:

     творьць бо сꙑ вьсакꙑмь, междꙋ аггели и скотꙑ ѥсть чловѣка сътвориль.

     tvorĭcĭ bo sy vĭsakymĭ, meždu aggeli i skoty jestĭ člověka sŭtvorilĭ.

     As the Creator of everything, he created man between the angels and beasts.

   • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1095-1100:

     како бо хотѧтъ комоу бꙑти мили и тьмами страждѫтъ диꙗвола творьца нарицаѭще чловѣкомъ и вьсеи твари божии?

     kako bo xotętŭ komu byti mili i tĭmami straždǫtŭ dijavola tvorĭca naricajǫšte člověkomŭ i vĭsei tvari božii?

     How could they deserve any compassion, even if a host of them suffer, when they claim the devil as creator of mankind and all the divine creation?

Declension

Declension of творьць (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	творьць tvorĭcĭ	творьца tvorĭca	творьци tvorĭci
genitive	творьца tvorĭca	творьцоу tvorĭcu	творьць tvorĭcĭ
dative	творьцоу tvorĭcu	творьцема tvorĭcema	творьцемъ tvorĭcemŭ
accusative	творьць tvorĭcĭ	творьца tvorĭca	творьцѧ tvorĭcę
instrumental	творьцемь tvorĭcemĭ	творьцема tvorĭcema	творьци tvorĭci
locative	творьци tvorĭci	творьцоу tvorĭcu	творьцихъ tvorĭcixŭ
vocative	творьче tvorĭče	творьца tvorĭca	творьци tvorĭci

Derived terms

• миротворьць (mirotvorĭcĭ)

Further reading

• “творьць”, in GORAZD [Old Church Slavonic Digital Hub], http://gorazd.org, 2016—2026