императрица

Russian edit

Etymology edit

Originally borrowed from Latin imperātrīx via its oblique stem (compare the ablative singular imperātrīce), but the resulting form may also be interpreted as an in-house Russian Slavic derivation from император (imperator) with the suffix -ица (-ica).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɪm⁽ʲ⁾pʲɪrɐˈtrʲit͡sə]
  • (file)

Noun edit

императри́ца (imperatrícaf anim (genitive императри́цы, nominative plural императри́цы, genitive plural императри́ц, masculine импера́тор)

  1. female equivalent of импера́тор (imperátor): empress

Declension edit