сцец

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak scieť, steť, variants of chcieť, from Proto-Slavic *xъtěti. Cognate with Slovak chcieť.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈst͡sɛt͡s]
• Rhymes: -ɛt͡s
• Hyphenation: сцец

Verb

сцец (scec) impf

1. (transitive) to want [with accusative or genitive ‘something’, along with infinitive ‘to do something’]

   Near-synonym: жадац (žadac)

2. (transitive) to wish [with accusative or genitive ‘something’, along with infinitive ‘to do something’]

   Synonym: жадац (žadac)

3. (reflexive with ше (še), impersonal) to feel like [with infinitive ‘doing something’]

   барз ше ми сцело спац ― barz še mi scelo spac ― I was very sleepy (literally, “I really felt like sleeping”)

Related terms

nouns

• сценє n (scenje)

 

Further reading

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “сцец”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy