Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/borьcь

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

From *borti (“to fight”) +‎ *-ьcь.

Noun

*borьcь m

1. fighter, wrestler

Declension

Declension of *borьcь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*borьcь	*borьca	*borьci
genitive	*borьca	*borьcu	*borьcь
dative	*borьcu	*borьcema	*borьcemъ
accusative	*borьcь	*borьca	*borьcę̇
instrumental	*borьcьmь, *borьcemь*	*borьcema	*borьci
locative	*borьci	*borьcu	*borьcixъ
vocative	*borьče	*borьca	*borьci

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: борьць (borĭcĭ)
    • Russian: боре́ц (boréc)
    • Ukrainian: боре́ць (borécʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: борьць (borĭcĭ)

    Unspecified script:

  • Bulgarian: боре́ц (boréc)
  • Macedonian: борец (borec)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бо̀рац

    Latin script: bòrac

  • Slovene: bȏrec
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: borec
  • Slovak: borec

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “борец”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*borьcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 219