борьць

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borьcь.

Noun

борьць • (borĭcĭ) m

1. fighter

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borьcь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔˈrɪt͡sʲɪ/→/bɔˈrʲɪt͡sʲɪ/→/bɔˈrʲɛt͡sʲ/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /bɔˈrɪt͡sʲɪ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /bɔˈrʲɪt͡sʲɪ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /bɔˈrʲɛt͡sʲ/

• Hyphenation: бо‧рь‧ць

Noun

борьць (borĭcĭ) m

1. wrestler
2. fighter

Declension

Declension of борьць (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	борьць borĭcĭ	борьца borĭca	борьци borĭci
Genitive	борьца borĭca	борьцу borĭcu	борьць borĭcĭ
Dative	борьцу borĭcu	борьцема borĭcema	борьцемъ borĭcemŭ
Accusative	борьць borĭcĭ	борьца borĭca	борьцѣ borĭcě
Instrumental	борьцьмь borĭcĭmĭ	борьцема borĭcema	борьци borĭci
Locative	борьци borĭci	борьцу borĭcu	борьцихъ borĭcixŭ
Vocative	борьцу borĭcu	борьца borĭca	борьци borĭci

Descendants

• Russian: боре́ц (boréc)
• Ukrainian: боре́ць (borécʹ)

Further reading

• Avanesov, R. I., editor (1988), “борьць”, in Словарь древнерусского языка (XI–XIV вв.): в 10 т. [Dictionary of the Old Russian Language (11ᵗʰ–14ᵗʰ cc.): in 10 vols] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – възаконѧтисѧ), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 299