цесарь
Russian
editAlternative forms
edit- цѣ́сарь (cě́sarʹ) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
editInherited from Old East Slavic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, ultimately from Latin Caesar. Doublet of ке́сарь (késarʹ), царь (carʹ), and це́зарь (cézarʹ).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editце́сарь • (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
editDeclension 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
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- ru:Heads of state
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