starec

See also: Starec, stařec, and старец

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *starьcь. Equivalent to starý +‎ -ec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstarɛt͡s/

Noun

starec m (genitive singular starca, nominative plural starci, genitive plural starcov, declension pattern of chlap)

1. old man

Declension

Declension of starec

	singular	plural
nominative	starec	starci
genitive	starca	starcov
dative	starcovi	starcom
accusative	starca	starcov
locative	starcovi	starcoch
instrumental	starcom	starcami

Derived terms

• starecký
• starecky
• stareckosť
• starectvo
• starček, starík

Further reading

• “starec”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *starьcь. Equivalent to star +‎ -ec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stáːrət͡s/

Noun

stȃrəc m anim (female equivalent stárka)

1. old man

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	stárec
gen. sing.	stárca
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	stárec	stárca	stárci
genitive (rodȋlnik)	stárca	stárcev	stárcev
dative (dajȃlnik)	stárcu	stárcema	stárcem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	stárca	stárca	stárce
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	stárcu	stárcih	stárcih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	stárcem	stárcema	stárci