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Old Church Slavonic
Verb
рцы • (rcy) (East Church Slavonic)
- second-person singular imperative of рещи (rešti)
1581, Ostrog Bible, Genesis 20.13: въ всѣхъ мѣ́стехъ в нѧже прїидемъ, тамъ рцы бра́тъ ми е҆сть·- vŭ vsěxŭ mě́stexŭ v nęže priidemŭ, tamŭ rcy brátŭ mi estĭ·
- at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic рьци (rĭci), the imperative singular form of рещи (rešti, “to speak, to say”).
Pronunciation
Noun
рцы • (rcy) n inan (indeclinable)
- (archaic) name of the Cyrillic letter Р, р, called эр (er) in modern Russian