борец

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *borьcь, morphologically from бо́ря (bórja, “to wrestle”) +‎ -ец (-ec).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [boˈrɛt͡s]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

боре́ц • (boréc) m (feminine борки́ня)

1. male wrestler, fighter

Declension

Declension of боре́ц

	singular	plural
indefinite	боре́ц boréc	борци́ borcí
definite (subject form)	боре́цът borécǎt	борци́те borcíte
definite (object form)	боре́ца boréca
vocative form	боре́цо boréco	борци́ borcí

Related terms

• боря́к (borják, “champion, fighter”)

References

• “борец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “борец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borьcь, from *borti +‎ *-ьcь, analogous to се бори (se bori, “to fight”) +‎ -ец (-ec).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɔɾɛt͡s]

Noun

борец • (borec) m (relational adjective боречки)

1. fighter, combatant

Declension

Declension of борец

	singular	plural
indefinite	борец (borec)	борци (borci)
definite unspecified	борецот (borecot)	борците (borcite)
definite proximal	борецов (borecov)	борциве (borcive)
definite distal	борецон (borecon)	борцине (borcine)
vocative	борецу (borecu)	борци (borci)
count form	—	бореца (boreca)

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic борьць (borĭcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *borьcь, from *borti +‎ *-ьcь. By surface analysis, боро́ть(ся) (borótʹ(sja)) +‎ -е́ц (-éc).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɐˈrʲet͡s]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

боре́ц • (boréc) m anim or m inan (genitive борца́, nominative plural борцы́, genitive plural борцо́в)

1. fighter, champion
2. wrestler
3. monkshood, wolfsbane, aconitum

   Synonym: акони́т (akonít)

Declension

Declension of боре́ц (bian masc-form ц-stem accent-b reduc) 

		singular	plural
nominative		боре́ц boréc	борцы́ borcý
genitive		борца́ borcá	борцо́в borcóv
dative		борцу́ borcú	борца́м borcám
accusative	animate	борца́ borcá	борцо́в borcóv
	inanimate	боре́ц boréc	борцы́ borcý
instrumental		борцо́м borcóm	борца́ми borcámi
prepositional		борце́ borcé	борца́х borcáx

Related terms

• боро́ться impf (borótʹsja)
• борцо́вский (borcóvskij)
• борьба́ f (borʹbá)
• борчи́ха f (borčíxa)

Descendants

• → Ingrian: bortsa