истец

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic истьць (istĭcĭ). Compare Bulgarian исте́ц (istéc), Polish iściec (“legal owner”). Per Sobolevsky (Lectures 133; quoted in Vasmer), derived from Old East Slavic исто (isto, “capital”) + -ьць (-ĭcĭ) (whence Russian -е́ц (-éc)); original meaning "owner". Cognate with и́стый (ístyj, “real, true”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɪˈsʲtʲet͡s]
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Noun

исте́ц • (istéc) m anim (genitive истца́, nominative plural истцы́, genitive plural истцо́в)

(law) plaintiff

Declension

Declension of исте́ц (anim masc-form ц-stem accent-b reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	исте́ц istéc	истцы́ istcý
genitive	истца́ istcá	истцо́в istcóv
dative	истцу́ istcú	истца́м istcám
accusative	истца́ istcá	истцо́в istcóv
instrumental	истцо́м istcóm	истца́ми istcámi
prepositional	истце́ istcé	истца́х istcáx

Antonyms

отве́тчик (otvétčik)

Related terms

иск (isk)
истица (istica)
и́стый (ístyj)

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “истец”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

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