boyar
See also: Boyar
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Russian боя́ре (bojáre), plural of боя́рин (bojárin).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
boyar (plural boyars)
- (historical) A member of a rank of aristocracy (second only to princes) in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Serbia and Romania.
- 1997, John Julius Norwich, A Short History of Byzantium, Penguin, published 1998, page 159:
- Boris had abdicated in 889, leaving the throne to his son Vladimir, who had immediately identified himself with the boyar aristocracy which Boris had done his utmost to crush.
- 2007, John Darwin, After Tamerlane, Penguin, published 2008, page 68:
- A long series of wars was fought in the sixteenth century to keep Polish influence at bay in the West Russian lands, and prevent it from seducing Muscovy's restless boyars, the warrior-barons whose independence the grand dukes were determined to crush.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 514:
- some of his family looked to Orthodox Christianity to sustain them, and not only many of his boyars but most of his subjects were Orthodox Christians.
Synonyms edit
Translations edit
rank of aristocracy
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Anagrams edit
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Adjective edit
boyar
- amorous, full of love
References edit
- 1839, George Grey, Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Language of Western Australia (Perth gazette and Western Australian journal)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: bo‧yar
Verb edit
boyar (first-person singular present boyo, first-person singular preterite boyé, past participle boyado)
- (intransitive) to float
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of boyar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | boyar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | boyando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | boyado | boyada | |||||
plural | boyados | boyadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | boyo | boyastú boyásvos |
boya | boyamos | boyáis | boyan | |
imperfect | boyaba | boyabas | boyaba | boyábamos | boyabais | boyaban | |
preterite | boyé | boyaste | boyó | boyamos | boyasteis | boyaron | |
future | boyaré | boyarás | boyará | boyaremos | boyaréis | boyarán | |
conditional | boyaría | boyarías | boyaría | boyaríamos | boyaríais | boyarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | boye | boyestú boyésvos2 |
boye | boyemos | boyéis | boyen | |
imperfect (ra) |
boyara | boyaras | boyara | boyáramos | boyarais | boyaran | |
imperfect (se) |
boyase | boyases | boyase | boyásemos | boyaseis | boyasen | |
future1 | boyare | boyares | boyare | boyáremos | boyareis | boyaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | boyatú boyávos |
boye | boyemos | boyad | boyen | ||
negative | no boyes | no boye | no boyemos | no boyéis | no boyen |
Further reading edit
- “boyar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014