starac

See also: starać

Kashubian

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starati sę.

    Pronunciation

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

    Verb

    starac impf

    1. (reflexive with ) to attempt, to try (to make efforts to do or achieve)
      Synonym: żorgac
    2. (reflexive with ) 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[1]

    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), 2006–2026

    Slovincian

    Etymology

      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starati sę.

      Pronunciation

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

      Verb

      starac impf (perfective pôstarac)

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

      Further reading