отец

See also: отьць

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otьcь, from Proto-Indo-European *átta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [oˈtɛt͡s]

Noun

оте́ц • (otéc) m

  1. father

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Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otьcь, from Proto-Indo-European *átta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɔtɛt͡s]

Noun

отец • (otec) m

  1. (Christianity) Father (religious)

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Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic отьць (otĭcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *otьcь, from Proto-Indo-European *átta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐˈtʲet͡s]
  • (file)

Noun

оте́ц • (otéc) m anim (genitive отца́, nominative plural отцы́, genitive plural отцо́в)

  1. father
    крёстный оте́цkrjóstnyj otécgodfather
    духо́вный оте́цduxóvnyj otécconfessor (see also духовник, исповедник)
    свято́й оте́цsvjatój otécpriest
    посажённый оте́цposažónnyj otéc(at a wedding) proxy, sponsor
    отцо́в мно́го, а мать одна́ (saying)otcóv mnógo, a matʹ odnáthere are many fathers but only one mother
    не хвали́сь отцо́м, а хвали́сь сы́ном-молодцо́м (proverb)ne xvalísʹ otcóm, a xvalísʹ sýnom-molodcómdon’t be proud of father, but take pride in a good son
    муж жене́ оте́ц, жена́ му́жу вене́ц (proverb)muž žené otéc, žená múžu venéca husband is a father to his wife, and the wife is a crown for him
    • 1880, Салтыков-Щедрин, “Семейный суд”, in Господа Головлёвы; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl., The Golovlevs, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986:
      От отца он перенял неистощимую проказливость, от матери — способность быстро угадывать слабые стороны людей. Благодаря первому качеству, он скоро сделался любимцем отца, что ещё больше усилило нелюбовь к нему матери.
      Ot otca on perenjal neistoščimuju prokazlivostʹ, ot materi — sposobnostʹ bystro ugadyvatʹ slabyje storony ljudej. Blagodarja pervomu kačestvu, on skoro sdelalsja ljubimcem otca, što ješčó bolʹše usililo neljubovʹ k nemu materi.
      From his father he acquired an inexhaustible capacity for mischief-making, from his mother a quick perception of people’s weaker sides. The first quality soon made him his father’s darling – which only increased his mother’s dislike of him.
  2. ancestor
    отцы́ на́ши э́того не знава́ли и нам не приказа́ли (saying)otcý náši étovo ne znaváli i nam ne prikazáliour ancestors didn’t know of this and didn’t guide us.
  3. (figurative) senior, superior, first of, chief, sensei
    Арара́т-гора́всем гора́м оте́цArarát-gorá — vsem gorám otécMount Ararat is the father of mountains
  4. familiar term of address for an elderly man
  5. (figurative, colloquial) referring to a man who cares about sоmеbody or something like a father
    как родно́й оте́цkak rodnój otéclike one’s own father
    Ада́моте́ц ро́да челове́ческогоAdám — otéc róda čelovéčeskovoAdam is the Father of man
    Ста́линоте́ц наро́довStálin — otéc naródovStalin is the father of the nations
  6. (figurative, colloquial) founder, initiator of something
    Да́рвиноте́ц тео́рии эволю́цииDárvin — otéc teórii evoljúciiDarwin is the founder of the theory of evolution
    оте́ц враче́бной нау́киotéc vračébnoj naúkifather of medicine (about Hippocratus)
    отцы́-основа́телиotcý-osnováteliFounding Fathers
  7. (figurative) root, basis, source
    санскри́тский язы́коте́ц языко́в европе́йскихsanskrítskij jazýk — otéc jazykóv jevropéjskixSanskrit is a root of the Indo-European languages
    нужда́ оте́ц дога́дкиnuždá otéc dogádkinecessity is the mother of invention (literally, “need is the father of wit”)

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Further reading

  • отец in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
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