starac

See also: starać

Kashubian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *starati sę

Kashubian starac

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starati sę.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsta.rat͡s/
• Rhymes: -arat͡s
• Syllabification: sta‧rac

Verb

starac impf

1. (reflexive with sã) to attempt, to try (to make efforts to do or achieve)

   Synonym: żorgac

2. (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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starьcь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stârat͡s/

Noun

stȁrac m anim (Cyrillic spelling ста̏рац)

1. old man

Declension

Declension of starac

	singular	plural
nominative	stȁrac	stȃrci
genitive	stȃrca	stȁrācā
dative	stȃrcu	stȃrcima
accusative	stȃrca	stȃrce
vocative	stȃrče	stȃrci
locative	stȃrcu	stȃrcima
instrumental	stȃrcem	stȃrcima

Further reading

• “starac”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovincian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *starati sę

Slovincian starac

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starati sę.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsta.rat͡s/
• Rhymes: -arat͡s
• Syllabification: sta‧rac

Verb

starac impf (perfective pôstarac)

1. (reflexive with sã) to attempt, to try (to make efforts to do or achieve)
2. (reflexive with sã) to strive for, to try for (to attempt to acquire)

Further reading

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1912), “stãrăc”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), volume 2, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 1088