цесарь
Russian edit
Alternative forms edit
- цѣ́сарь (cě́sarʹ) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old East Slavic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, ultimately from Latin Caesar. Doublet of ке́сарь (késarʹ), царь (carʹ), and це́зарь (cézarʹ).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
це́сарь • (césarʹ) m anim (genitive це́саря, nominative plural це́сари, genitive plural це́сарей)
- (archaic) emperor, king
- Synonym: импера́тор m (imperátor)
Usage notes edit
- Occasionally used as an archaic term for Roman, Byzantine, and Holy Roman Emperors. Formerly, in addition, used for biblical kings, Mongolian khans, and as an honorific by Grand Dukes of Moscow.
Declension edit
Declension of це́сарь (anim masc-form soft-stem accent-a)
Derived terms edit
- цесаре́вич m (cesarévič)
- цесари́ца f (cesaríca)
- це́сарский (césarskij)
References edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “царь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress