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Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian жрец (žrec), from Proto-Slavic *žьrьcь.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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žrec m anim (female equivalent žrice)

  1. Slavic pagan priest, zhrets
    Hypernym: kněz
    K žrecům náleželi snad i tak řečení vlchevci a vlchvice čili čarodějníci a čarodějnice.
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Usage notes

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  • Occasionally found declined with the stem žerc-, but due to the word's being borrowed and rarely used, this declension, despite being etymologically more correct and logical (see švec –> ševce, žnec –> žence), is not considered standard.

Declension

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informal
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See also

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Further reading

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  • žrec”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • žrec”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • žrec”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian жрец (žrec), from Proto-Slavic *žьrьcь.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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žrȇc m (Cyrillic spelling жре̑ц)

  1. a pagan priest