Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rězьcь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Formed as *rězati (“to cut”) +‎ *-ьcь, from Proto-Indo-European *wreh₁ǵ-.

Noun

*rězьcь m

cutter, carver, chisel (for carving)
Synonyms: *delto, *ostrьje, *sěčivo
incisor (cutting tooth)

Alternative forms

*rězakъ (regionally, Russian)
*rězačь (regionally, Serbo-Croatian)

Inflection

Declension of *rězьcь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*rězьcь	*rězьca	*rězьci
genitive	*rězьca	*rězьcu	*rězьcь
dative	*rězьcu	*rězьcema	*rězьcemъ
accusative	*rězьcь	*rězьca	*rězьcę̇
instrumental	rězьcьmь, rězьcemь^*	*rězьcema	*rězьci
locative	*rězьci	*rězьcu	*rězьcixъ
vocative	*rězьče	*rězьca	*rězьci

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Related terms

*rězъ (“edge, blade”)
*razъ (“tact, dash”)
*rězъkъ (“sudden, abrupt”)
*rězьba (“carving”)
*rězadlo (“cutting tool”)
*rězalьnikъ (“cutter (agent)”)
*rězakъ (“mark, scar; circumcised man”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: резе́ц (rezéc), реза́к (rezák)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: резе́ц (rezéc)
- Macedonian: резец (rezec), резач (rezač)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: резац, ријезац (dated, superseded by рѐза̄ч)
  
  Latin script: rezac, rijezac (dated, superseded by rèzāč)
- Slovene: rẹ̑zəc (tonal orthography)