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Lower Sorbian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starьcь.
Pronunciation
Noun
starc m anim
- old man
Further reading
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “starc”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Polish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Ciszewski says this is a mazurized form of starcz. Deverbal of sterczeć?”)
Pronunciation
Noun
starc m inan
- (Far Masovian) dry tree stump in a meadow
Further reading
- Stanisław Ciszewski (1909) “starc”, in “Przyczynek do słownika gwary mazowieckiej”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 7, z. 1, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 209
Slovincian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starьcь.
Pronunciation
Noun
starc m pers
- old man
References
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starьcь. By surface analysis, stary + -c.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstaʀt͡s/
- Rhymes: -aʀt͡s
- Hyphenation: starc
- Syllabification: starc
Noun
starc m pers
- old man
- Synonyms: staruch, šědźiwc
Declension
Declension of starc (masculine hard hissing stem)
References