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старик

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Bulgarian

Etymology

From стар (star, old) + -ик (-ik).

Pronunciation

Noun

стари́к (starík) m

  1. (dialectal) alternative form of ста́рец (stárec)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

  • стари́чък (staríčǎk, quite old)

References

  • старик”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • старик”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ста́рый (stáryj) + -ик (-ik). Cognates include Czech stařík.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [stɐˈrʲik]
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Noun

стари́к (starík) m anim (genitive старика́, nominative plural старики́, genitive plural старико́в, feminine стару́ха, relational adjective старико́вский or ста́рческий, diminutive старичо́к, pejorative старика́шка)

  1. old man
    Synonyms: дед (ded), ста́рец (stárec)
    • 1861, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], “Часть I. Глава I”, in Униженные и оскорблённые; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Insulted and Humiliated, London: Heinemann, 1915:
      Действи́тельно, ка́к-то стра́нно бы́ло ви́деть тако́го отжи́вшего свой век старика́ одного́, без присмо́тра, тем бо́лее что он был похо́ж на сумасше́дшего, убежа́вшего от свои́х надзира́телей.
      Dejstvítelʹno, kák-to stránno býlo vídetʹ takóvo otžívševo svoj vek stariká odnovó, bez prismótra, tem bóleje što on byl poxóž na sumasšédševo, ubežávševo ot svoíx nadzirátelej.
      It really was strange to see an old man who had so outlived the natural spar, alone, with no one to look after him, especially as he looked like a madman who had escaped from his keepers.
  2. (slang) old-timer, that man who has worked or served somewhere more than his younger colleagues
  3. (colloquial) father, foozle
  4. (colloquial) elderly husband for a wife
  5. (colloquial, address) chap

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Finnish: stara (slang, dated)
  • French: starique
  • Ingrian: starikka
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Ukrainian

Pronunciation

Noun

стари́к (starýk) m pers (genitive старика́, nominative plural старики́, genitive plural старикі́в, female equivalent стара́ or стару́ха)

  1. old man
    Synonym: дід (did)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

References

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