Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rězьcь

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

Formed as *rězati (“to cut”) +‎ *-ьcь, from Proto-Indo-European *wreh₁ǵ-.

Noun

*rězьcь m

1. cutter, carver, chisel (for carving)

   Synonyms: *delto, *ostrьje, *sěčivo

2. incisor (cutting tooth)

Alternative forms

• *rězakъ (regionally, Russian)
• *rězačь (regionally, Serbo-Croatian)

Inflection

Declension of *rězьcь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*rězьcь	*rězьca	*rězьci
genitive	*rězьca	*rězьcu	*rězьcь
dative	*rězьcu	*rězьcema	*rězьcemъ
accusative	*rězьcь	*rězьca	*rězьcę̇
instrumental	*rězьcьmь, *rězьcemь*	*rězьcema	*rězьci
locative	*rězьci	*rězьcu	*rězьcixъ
vocative	*rězьče	*rězьca	*rězьci

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

Related terms

• *rězъ (“edge, blade”)
• *razъ (“tact, dash”)
• *rězъkъ (“sudden, abrupt”)
• *rězьba (“carving”)
• *rězadlo (“cutting tool”)
• *rězalьnikъ (“cutter (agent)”)
• *rězakъ (“mark, scar; circumcised man”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: резе́ц (rezéc), реза́к (rezák)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: резе́ц (rezéc)
  • Macedonian: резец (rezec), резач (rezač)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: резац, ријезац (dated, superseded by рѐза̄ч)

    Latin script: rezac, rijezac (dated, superseded by rèzāč)

  • Slovene: rẹ̑zəc (tonal orthography)

Further reading

• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “резец”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 211