воевода

See also: воѥвода

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vojevoda, identical to вой (voj, “army”) (dated) +‎ -е- (-e-) +‎ вод (vod, “conduction”), a calque of Ancient Greek στρατηγός (stratēgós) (or formed in the same logic as it). Compare the Germanic borrowing херцо́г (hercóg, “duke”) from Proto-Germanic *harjatugô (“army commander”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [voɛˈvɔdɐ]

• Audio:

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Noun

воево́да • (voevóda) m (relational adjective воево́дски)

1. army commander

   Synonyms: военача́лник (voenačálnik), пълково́дец (pǎlkovódec), команди́р (komandír)

2. (historical) voivode, duke (heraldic title among West Slavs)

   Synonym: херцо́г (hercóg)

Declension

Positive forms of воево́да

	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
indefinite	воево́да voevóda	воево́даа voevódaa	воево́дао voevódao	воево́даи voevódai
definite (subject form)	воево́даият voevódaijat	воево́даата voevódaata	воево́даото voevódaoto	воево́даите voevódaite
definite (object form)	воево́даия voevódaija

Comparative forms of воево́да

	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
indefinite	по́-воево́да pó-voevóda	по́-воево́даа pó-voevódaa	по́-воево́дао pó-voevódao	по́-воево́даи pó-voevódai
definite (subject form)	по́-воево́даият pó-voevódaijat	по́-воево́даата pó-voevódaata	по́-воево́даото pó-voevódaoto	по́-воево́даите pó-voevódaite
definite (object form)	по́-воево́даия pó-voevódaija

Superlative forms of воево́да

	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
indefinite	на́й-воево́да náj-voevóda	на́й-воево́даа náj-voevódaa	на́й-воево́дао náj-voevódao	на́й-воево́даи náj-voevódai
definite (subject form)	на́й-воево́даият náj-voevódaijat	на́й-воево́даата náj-voevódaata	на́й-воево́даото náj-voevódaoto	на́й-воево́даите náj-voevódaite
definite (object form)	на́й-воево́даия náj-voevódaija

Alternative forms

• войво́да (vojvóda)

Derived terms

• войво́дство (vojvódstvo, “voivodeship”)

Related terms

• войска́ (vojská, “army”)
• вожд (vožd), вода́ч (vodáč), води́ч (vodíč, “leader”)

References

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

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [və(j)ɪˈvodə]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

воево́да • (vojevóda) m anim (genitive воево́ды, nominative plural воево́ды, genitive plural воево́д)

1. voivode, governor of province, duke

Declension

Declension of воево́да (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	воево́да vojevóda	воево́ды vojevódy
genitive	воево́ды vojevódy	воево́д vojevód
dative	воево́де vojevóde	воево́дам vojevódam
accusative	воево́ду vojevódu	воево́д vojevód
instrumental	воево́дой, воево́дою vojevódoj, vojevódoju	воево́дами vojevódami
prepositional	воево́де vojevóde	воево́дах vojevódax

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “война”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.