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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech stařec, from Proto-Slavic *starьcь. By surface analysis, starý + -ec.
Pronunciation
Noun
stařec m anim (female equivalent stařena, related adjective stařecký, diminutive stařeček)
- old man
- Synonyms: stařík, děd, dědek, dědeček, kmet
- Antonyms: mladík, stařena
Declension
Declension of stařec (soft masculine animate reducible irreg-stem)
Further reading
- “stařec”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “stařec”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “stařec”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starьcь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈstar̝ɛt͡s/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈstar̝ɛt͡s/
Noun
stařec m pers
- old man
- superior
Declension
Descendants
Further reading