айцец

Belarusian

Etymology

From Polish ojciec, from Proto-Slavic *otьcь (whence the inherited doublet о́цец (ócjec)), from Proto-Indo-European *átta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ajˈt͡sʲet͡s]

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Noun

айце́ц • (ajcjéc) m pers (genitive айца́, nominative plural айцы́, genitive plural айцо́ў, relational adjective айцо́ўскі)

1. father

   Synonyms: ба́цька (bácʹka), та́та (táta)

2. Father (honorific used for Catholic priests)

Declension

Declension of айце́ц (pr hard masc-form accent-b irreg-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	айце́ц ajcjéc	айцы́ ajcý
genitive	айца́ ajcá	айцо́ў ajcóŭ
dative	айцу́ ajcú	айца́м ajcám
accusative	айца́ ajcá	айцо́ў ajcóŭ
instrumental	айцо́м ajcóm	айца́мі ajcámi
locative	айцу́ ajcú	айца́х ajcáx
vocative	во́йча vójča	—
count form	—	айцы́1 ajcý1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Derived terms

• айчы́на (ajčýna)

References

• “айцец” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org