старец

From Proto-Slavic *starьcь. Equivalent to стар (star, “old”) +‎ -ец (-ec).

• IPA^(key): [ˈstarɛt͡s]

ста́рец • (stárec) m (feminine стари́ца)

1. senior, old man

• стари́к (starík) — dialectal

• “старец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “старец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starьcь. Equivalent to стар (star, “old”) +‎ -ец (-ec).

• IPA^(key): [ˈstaɾɛt͡s]

старец • (starec) m (feminine старица or старка, relational adjective старечки, diminutive старче, augmentative старчиште)

1. old man
2. (Christianity) monastic elder, starets

• старешина m (starešina)
• старејко m (starejko), старосват m (starosvat)

• дедо m (dedo)

• ста́рецъ (stárec) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

From Old East Slavic старьць (starĭcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *starьcь. By surface analysis, ста́рый (stáryj) +‎ -ец (-ec).

• IPA^(key): [ˈstarʲɪt͡s]

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ста́рец • (stárec) m anim (genitive ста́рца, nominative plural ста́рцы, genitive plural ста́рцев)

1. (literary) old man, whitebeard
2. (Christianity) monastic elder, starets

• стари́к (starík)

• ста́рческий (stárčeskij)
• ста́рый (stáryj)