starac
See also: starać
Kashubian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starati.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsta.rat͡s/
- Rhymes: -arat͡s
- Syllabification: sta‧rac
Verb
starac impf
- (reflexive with sã) to attempt, to try (to make efforts to do or achieve)
- Synonym: żorgac
- (reflexive with sã) to worry about; to take care of
- Synonym: żorgac
Further reading
- Sychta, Bernard (1972) “starac są”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 5 (S – T), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 150
- Jan Trepczyk (1994) “starać się”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “starać się”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starьcь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stârat͡s/
Noun
stȁrac m anim (Cyrillic spelling ста̏рац)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | starac | starci |
| genitive | starca | staraca |
| dative | starcu | starcima |
| accusative | starca | starce |
| vocative | starče | starci |
| locative | starcu | starcima |
| instrumental | starcem | starcima |
Further reading
- “starac”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Slovincian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starati.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsta.rat͡s/
- Rhymes: -arat͡s
- Syllabification: sta‧rac
Verb
starac impf (perfective pôstarac)
- (reflexive with sã) to attempt, to try (to make efforts to do or achieve)
- (reflexive with sã) to strive for, to try for (to attempt to acquire)
Further reading
- Lorentz, Friedrich (1912) “stãrăc”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch[2] (in German), volume 2, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 1088