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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic тельць (telĭcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *telьcь.
Pronunciation
Noun
теле́ц • (teléc) m
- (archaic or poetic) calf (young bull)
- Synonym: теле́ (telé)
- a Taurus (person with the zodiac sign)
Declension
References
- “телец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “телец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “теле; телец”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 912
- Ivanova-Mirčeva, D., editor (2009), “тельць”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Valentin Trajanov, page 937
Russian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old East Slavic теля (telja), from Proto-Slavic *telę. See also the more common телёнок (teljónok) and the (regional) теля́ (teljá).
Pronunciation
Noun
теле́ц • (teléc) m anim (genitive тельца́, nominative plural тельцы́, genitive plural тельцо́в)
- (dated, poetic) calf
- Antonym: телёнок (teljónok)
- золото́й теле́ц ― zolotój teléc ― golden calf
Declension
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
те́лец • (télec) n inan pl
- genitive plural of те́льце (télʹce)