Old East Slavic edit

Etymology edit

From топоръ (toporŭ) +‎ -ьць (-ĭcĭ).

Noun edit

топорьць (toporĭcĭ)

  1. Diminutive of топоръ (toporŭ)
    Synonym: топоръкъ (toporŭkŭ)
    • Лаврентеи, editor (1377), “топорцем”, in Повѣсти времѧньнх лѣ т[1], 11th century, page (leaf) 59.5, line 2
      ꙗневи же идущю с топорцем вꙑступиша ѿ них ·г· мужи []
      janevi že iduščju s toporcem vystupiša otŭ nix ·g· muži []
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Declension edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading edit

  • Kryvko, R. N., editor (2015), “топорецъ”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.]‎[2] (in Russian), numbers 30 (томъ – уберечися), Moscow, Saint Petersburg: Nauka, Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 46
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “топорьць”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[3] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 981