Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mǫdrьcь

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 *mǫdrъ +‎ *-ьcь.

Noun

*mǫdrьcь m

1. sage

Declension

Declension of *mǫdrьcь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mǫdrьcь	*mǫdrьca	*mǫdrьci
genitive	*mǫdrьca	*mǫdrьcu	*mǫdrьcь
dative	*mǫdrьcu	*mǫdrьcema	*mǫdrьcemъ
accusative	*mǫdrьcь	*mǫdrьca	*mǫdrьcę̇
instrumental	*mǫdrьcьmь, *mǫdrьcemь*	*mǫdrьcema	*mǫdrьci
locative	*mǫdrьci	*mǫdrьcu	*mǫdrьcixъ
vocative	*mǫdrьče	*mǫdrьca	*mǫdrьci

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: мудрэц (mudrec)
  • Russian: мудре́ц (mudréc)
  • Ukrainian: мудрець (mudrecʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: мѫдрьць (mǫdrĭcĭ)

  • Bulgarian: мъдре́ц (mǎdréc)
  • Macedonian: мудрец (mudrec)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: му̀драц

    Latin script: mùdrac

  • Slovene: mọ̑drəc (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: mudrc
    • Czech: mudrc
  • Kashubian: mãdrca
  • Polish: mędrzec
  • Silesian: myndrzec
  • Slovak: mudrc
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: mudrc

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мъдрец”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 372