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Old East Slavic
Etymology
Apparently, it is an Old East Slavic-Varangian given name *Iⁿgor, from Proto-Norse *Inguharjaʀ. Cf. not an Old East Slavic-Varangian given name Ингварь (Ingvarĭ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jiˈɡɔrɪ/→/jiˈɡɔrʲɪ/→/jiˈɡɔːrʲ/
- (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /jiˈɡɔrɪ/
- (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /jiˈɡɔrʲɪ/
- (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /jiˈɡɔːrʲ/
Noun
Игорь (Igorĭ) m
- a male given name, Igor
Declension
References
- Nikolaev, Sergei L. (2020) «Слово о полку Игореве»: реконструкция стихотворного текста (in Russian), Moscow, Saint-Petersburg: Nestor-History, →ISBN, page 522: “I.1.5.”
Russian
Etymology
From Old Norse Yngvarr, brought to Russia by Varangian rulers, from Yngvi, name of a god + herr (“army”). Cognate to modern Scandinavian Ingvar, Yngvar and akin to English Ivor.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
И́горь • (Ígorʹ) m anim (genitive И́горя, nominative plural И́гори, genitive plural И́горей)
- a male given name, Igor
Declension
Derived terms
- (diminutives) Го́га (Góga), Го́ра (Góra), Го́ря (Górja), Го́тя (Gótja), Го́ша (Góša), Гу́ля (Gúlja), Гу́ся (Gúsja), Игора́ша (Igoráša), Игоря́ша (Igorjáša), Иго́ша (Igóša), Игу́ля (Igúlja), Игу́ся (Igúsja), И́ра (Íra)
- (endearing forms) Игорёк (Igorjók), Игорю́ха (Igorjúxa), Игорю́ша (Igorjúša), Игорю́шка (Igorjúška), Го́гочка (Gógočka), Го́шенька (Góšenʹka)
- (pejorative forms) Го́шка (Góška), И́горька (Ígorʹka), И́горка (Ígorka)
- (patronymics) И́горевич (Ígorevič), И́горич (Ígorič), И́горевна (Ígorevna)
- (surnames) И́горев (Ígorev)
Descendants
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