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)

  1. (law) plaintiff
    Antonym: отве́тчик (otvétčik)

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

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “истец”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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