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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *borьcь, morphologically from бо́ря (bórja, “to wrestle”) + -ец (-ec).
Pronunciation
Noun
боре́ц • (boréc) m (feminine борки́ня)
- male wrestler, fighter
Declension
- боря́к (borják, “champion, fighter”)
References
- “борец”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “борец”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borьcь, from *borti + *-ьcь, analogous to се бори (se bori, “to fight”) + -ец (-ec).
Pronunciation
Noun
борец • (borec) m (relational adjective боречки)
- fighter, combatant
Declension
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic борьць (borĭcĭ),[1] from Proto-Slavic *borьcь, from *borti + *-ьcь. By surface analysis, боро́ть(ся) (borótʹ(sja)) + -е́ц (-éc).
Pronunciation
Noun
боре́ц • (boréc) m anim or m inan (genitive борца́, nominative plural борцы́, genitive plural борцо́в)
- fighter, champion
- wrestler
- monkshood, wolfsbane, aconitum
- Synonym: акони́т (akonít)
Declension
Descendants
References
- ^ Avanesov, R. I., editor (1988), “борьць”, in Словарь древнерусского языка (XI–XIV вв.): в 10 т. (in Russian), volume 1 (а – възаконѧтисѧ), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 299