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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *starьcь. Equivalent to стар (star, “old”) + -ец (-ec).
Pronunciation
Noun
ста́рец • (stárec) m (feminine стари́ца)
- senior, old man
Declension
References
- “старец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “старец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starьcь. Equivalent to стар (star, “old”) + -ец (-ec).
Pronunciation
Noun
старец • (starec) m (feminine старица or старка, relational adjective старечки, diminutive старче, augmentative старчиште)
- old man
- (Christianity) monastic elder, starets
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See also
Russian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic старьць (starĭcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *starьcь. By surface analysis, ста́рый (stáryj) + -ец (-ec).
Pronunciation
Noun
ста́рец • (stárec) m anim (genitive ста́рца, nominative plural ста́рцы, genitive plural ста́рцев)
- (literary) old man, whitebeard
- (Christianity) monastic elder, starets
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