истец

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic истьць (istĭcĭ). Compare Bulgarian исте́ц (istéc), Polish iściec (“legal owner”). Per Sobolevsky (Lectures 133; quoted in Vasmer), derived from Old East Slavic исто (isto, “capital”) + -ьць (-ĭcĭ) (whence Russian -е́ц (-éc)); original meaning "owner". Cognate with и́стый (ístyj, “real, true”).

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Noun

исте́ц • (istéc) m anim (genitive истца́, nominative plural истцы́, genitive plural истцо́в)

  1. (law) plaintiff
    Antonym: отве́тчик (otvétčik)

Declension

Declension of исте́ц (anim masc-form ц-stem accent-b reduc) 
singular plural
nominative исте́ц
istéc 		истцы́
istcý
genitive истца́
istcá 		истцо́в
istcóv
dative истцу́
istcú 		истца́м
istcám
accusative истца́
istcá 		истцо́в
istcóv
instrumental истцо́м
istcóm 		истца́ми
istcámi
prepositional истце́
istcé 		истца́х
istcáx

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “истец”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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