Macedonian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *perdъkъ.

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Noun edit

предок (predokm (plural предци)

  1. ancestor, forefather
    Antonym: потомок (potomok)

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Russian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прѣдъкъ (prědŭkŭ);[1] By surface analysis, пред (pred) +‎ -ок (-ok),[2] from Proto-Slavic *perdъkъ.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈprʲedək]
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Noun edit

пре́док (prédokm anim (genitive пре́дка, nominative plural пре́дки, genitive plural пре́дков)

  1. forefather, ancestor
  2. (colloquial) parent

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  1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “предок”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  2. ^ §445 of Грамматика русского языка, volume 1

Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прҍдъкъ, compare Russian предок (predok), Belarusian продак (pródak); from Proto-Slavic *perdъkъ, compare Macedonian предок (predok), Slovene prednik, Serbo-Croatian предак, Czech předek, Polish przodek. By surface analysis, пред (pred) +‎ -ок (-ok).

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пре́док (prédokm pers (genitive пре́дка, nominative plural пре́дки, genitive plural пре́дків)

  1. ancestor, forebear, forefather

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