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Old Church Slavonic
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цвѣтьць • (cvětĭcĭ) m
- (diminutive) flower
- from Vita Constantini, 0500900-0500910:
не подобно ѥсть въ ѥсень цвѣтьць искати, ни старꙿца на воискꙋ гнати.- It is not fitting to seek flowers in the fall nor to drive an old man to war.