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Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *-ьcь.
Suffix
-ьць • (-ĭcĭ) m
- (added to nouns) diminutive, small
- градъ (gradŭ, “town, city”) + -ьць (-ĭcĭ) → градьць (gradĭcĭ, “small town”)
- (added to verbs) agent noun, doer
- брати (brati, “to fight”) + -ьць (-ĭcĭ) → борьць (borĭcĭ, “fighter”)
- видѣти (viděti, “to see”) + -ьць (-ĭcĭ) → видьць (vidĭcĭ, “epopt”)
- жрьти (žrĭti, “to sacrifice”) + -ьць (-ĭcĭ) → жьрьць (žĭrĭcĭ, “heathen/pagan priest”)
- стрѣл҄ѣти (strělʹěti, “to shoot”) + -ьць (-ĭcĭ) → стрѣльць (strělĭcĭ, “marksman”)
- творити (tvoriti, “to create”) + -ьць (-ĭcĭ) → творьць (tvorĭcĭ, “creator, God”)
- шити (šiti, “to sew”) + -ьць (-ĭcĭ) → шьвьць (šĭvĭcĭ, “tailor, shoemaker”)
- лихновати (lixnovati, “to speak unduly”) + -ьць (-ĭcĭ) → лихновьць (lixnovĭcĭ, “devil”)
- льстити (lĭstiti, “to seduce deceive”) + -ьць (-ĭcĭ) → льстьць (lĭstĭcĭ, “flatterer, swindler, devil”)
Declension
Declension of -ьць (soft o-stem)
Derived terms
See also
References
- Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка, София