žrec
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Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Russian жрец (žrec), from Proto-Slavic *žьrьcь.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]žrec m anim (female equivalent žrice)
- Slavic pagan priest, zhrets
- Hypernym: kněz
- K žrecům náleželi snad i tak řečení vlchevci a vlchvice čili čarodějníci a čarodějnice.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Usage notes
[edit]- Occasionally found declined with the stem žerc-, but due to the word's being borrowed and rarely used, this declension, despite being etymologically more correct and logical (see švec –> ševce, žnec –> žence), is not considered standard.
Declension
[edit]- informal
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “žrec”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “žrec”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “žrec”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Russian жрец (žrec), from Proto-Slavic *žьrьcь.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]žrȇc m (Cyrillic spelling жре̑ц)
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