# отьць
## Old Church Slavonic
### Alternative forms

* Glagolitic: ⱁⱅⱐⱌⱐ (otĭcĭ)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otьcь

### Noun

отьць • (otĭcĭ) m
* father

#### See also

| отьчьство (otĭčĭstvo, “family”) | Male | Female |
| parent родител҄ь (roditelʹĭ) | отьць (otĭcĭ), авва (avva, “father”) | мати (mati, “mother”) |
| sibling | братръ (bratrŭ, “brother”) | сестра (sestra, “sister”) |
| child | сꙑнъ (synŭ, “son”) | дъщи (dŭšti, “daughter”) |
| grandparent | дѣдъ (dědŭ, “grandfather”) | баба (baba, “grandmother”) |
| grandchild | въноукъ (vŭnukŭ, “grandson”) | – (“granddaughter”) |
| great-grandparent | прѣдѣдъ (prědědŭ, “great-grandfather”) | – (“great-grandmother”) |
| mother's sibling | оуи (ui, “maternal uncle”) | – (“maternal aunt”) |
| father's sibling | стрꙑи (stryi, “paternal uncle”) | – (“paternal aunt”) |
| sibling's child | братанъ (bratanŭ), сꙑновь (synovĭ), сꙑновьць (synovĭcĭ, “nephew”) | братана (bratana, “niece”) |
| cousin | братоучѧдъ (bratučędŭ, “male cousin”) | братоучѧда (bratučęda, “female cousin”) |
| spouse | мѫжь (mǫžĭ), чрьтожьникъ (črĭtožĭnikŭ), малъженъ (malŭženŭ, “husband”) | жена (žena), чрьтожьница (črĭtožĭnica), съложь (sŭložĭ, “wife”) |
| parent of wife | тьсть (tĭstĭ, “father-in-law (wife's father)”) | тьща (tĭšta, “mother-in-law (wife's mother)”) |
| parent of husband | свекръ (svekrŭ, “father-in-law (husband's father)”) | свекрꙑ (svekry, “mother-in-law (husband's father)”) |
| sibling of husband | дєвєръ (deverŭ, “brother-in-law (husband's brother)”) | зълꙑ (zŭly, “sister-in-law (husband's sister)”) |
| spouse of child | зѧть (zętĭ, “son-in-law (daughter's husband)”) | снъха (snŭxa, “daughter-in-law (son's wife)”) |
| spouse of husband's brother | – | етрꙑ (etry), кѫпетра (kǫpetra, “sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife)”) |
| stepchild | пасторъкъ (pastorŭkŭ, “stepson”) | – (“stepdaughter”) |
| step-parent | отьчимъ (otĭčimŭ, “stepfather”) | мащеха (maštexa, “stepmother”) |

## Old East Slavic
### Alternative forms

* отець (otecĭ), отецъ (otecŭ)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otьcь. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic отьць (otĭcĭ) and Old Polish ociec.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔˈtɪt͡sʲɪ/→/ɔˈtʲɪt͡sʲɪ/→/ɔˈtʲɛt͡sʲ/
* (ca. 9th CE) IPA: /ɔˈtɪt͡sʲɪ/
* (ca. 11th CE) IPA: /ɔˈtʲɪt͡sʲɪ/
* (ca. 13th CE) IPA: /ɔˈtʲɛt͡sʲ/
* Hyphenation: о‧ть‧ць

### Noun

отьць (otĭcĭ) m
* father

#### Synonyms

* батѧ (batę) (rare)

#### Coordinate terms

* мати (mati, “mother”)

#### Descendants

* Belarusian: аце́ц (acjéc)
* Russian: оте́ц (otéc)
* Carpathian Rusyn: оте́ць (otécʹ)
* Ukrainian: оте́ць (otécʹ), (dialectal) оти́ць (otýcʹ), воти́ц (votýc), вуте́ц (vutéc), віте́ц (vitéc)

### References

* Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “отьць”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 828

## Old Novgorodian
### Alternative forms

* ѿьць (otĭćĭ) — alternative spelling

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otьcь with probable influence of Old Church Slavonic отьць (otĭcĭ). Cognate with Old East Slavic отьць (otĭcĭ), Old Ruthenian оте́цъ (otécʹ).

#### Noun

отьць • (otĭćĭ) m
* father

#### References

* “отьць (letter no. 9)”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎ (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otьčь. By surface analysis, отьць (otĭćĭ, “father”) +‎ -и (-i). Cognate with Old East Slavic отьчь (otĭčĭ), Old Ruthenian о́тчїй (ótčij).

#### Adjective

отьць • (otĭćĭ)
* paternal