ядец

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *ědьcь (“eater”), morphologically from яд (jad, “eat”) +‎ -ец (-ec).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈja̟dɛt͡s]
• (dialectally) IPA^(key): [jɐˈdɛt͡s]

Noun

я́дец or яде́ц • (jádec or jadéc) m

1. (rare) eater

   Synonym: я́д (jád)

Declension

	singular	plural
indefinite	я́дец jádec	я́дци jádci
definite (subject form)	я́децът jádecǎt	я́дците jádcite
definite (object form)	я́деца jádeca
vocative form	я́децо jádeco	я́дци jádci

Declension of я́дец

Derived terms

• всея́дец (vsejádec, “omnivore”)
• злоя́дец (zlojádec, “picky eater”)
• тунея́дец (tunejádec, “freeloader, parasite”)
• човекоя́дец (čovekojádec, “maneater”)

Related terms

• яд (jad, “eater”)
• я́дца (jádca, “glutton”) (dated)

Etymology 2

Пилешки ядец

From Proto-Slavic *(j)ǫdьcь (“small hook, fork”). Cognate with Macedonian јадец (jadec), Serbo-Croatian ја̀дац.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈja̟dɛt͡s]

Noun

я́дец • (jádec) m

1. furcula, wishbone (forked bone between the neck and breast of a bird)

Declension

	singular
indefinite	я́дец jádec
definite (subject form)	я́децът jádecǎt
definite (object form)	я́деца jádeca

Declension of я́дец

Related terms

• въ́дица (vǎ́dica, “fish-hook, fishing rod”)

References

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

Anagrams

• цедя (cedja)