айцец

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• ajciec — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish ojciec, from Proto-Slavic *otьcь, from Proto-Indo-European *átta. Doublet of аце́ц (acjéc), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ajˈt͡sʲet͡s]

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Noun

айце́ц • (ajcjéc) m pers (genitive айца́, nominative plural айцы́, genitive plural айцо́ў, relational adjective айцо́ўскі)

1. (Christianity) Father (a title given to priests)
   • 1934 [1820], Walter Scott, translated by Іван Гарбуз, Айвенго, Менск, translation of Ivanhoe, page 229:

     Паглядзі́: гэ́та вяле́бны айце́ц Э́ймер, прыёр надзвы́чай бага́тага аба́цтва ў Жарво; скажы́, ці шмат можна ўзяць з яго вы́купу?

     Pahljadzí: héta vjaljébny ajcjéc Éjmjer, pryjór nadzvýčaj bahátaha abáctva ŭ Žarvó; skažý, ci šmat móžna ŭzjacʹ z jahó výkupu?

     [original: Look at that holy Father Aymer, Prior of the rich Abbey of Jervaulx, and tell us at what ransom we should hold him?]

2. (uncommon) father

   Synonyms: ба́цька (bácʹka), та́та (táta)

Declension

Declension of айце́ц (pr hard masc-form accent-b irreg-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	айце́ц ajcjéc	айцы́ ajcý
genitive	айца́ ajcá	айцо́ў ajcóŭ
dative	айцу́ ajcú	айца́м ajcám
accusative	айца́ ajcá	айцо́ў ajcóŭ
instrumental	айцо́м ajcóm	айца́мі ajcámi
locative	айцу́ ajcú	айца́х ajcáx
vocative	во́йча vójča	—
count form	—	айцы́1 ajcý1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Derived terms

• айчы́на (ajčýna)

References

• “айцец” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• "айцец" in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at Verbum