борець

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic борьць (borĭcĭ),[1] from Proto-Slavic *borьcь, from *borti + *-ьcь. By surface analysis, бор(о́ти) (bor(óty)) + -е́ць (-écʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɔˈrɛt͡sʲ]
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Noun

боре́ць • (borécʹ) m pers (genitive борця́, nominative plural борці́, genitive plural борці́в, feminine борчи́ня, relational adjective борці́вський or боре́цький)

  1. (chiefly sports) wrestler
  2. fighter, struggler (one who fights to achieve a goal)
    боре́ць за свобо́дуborécʹ za svobódufreedom fighter

Declension

See also

References

  1. 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), volumes 1 (а – възаконѧтисѧ), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 299

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