государь

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Russian

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Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic государь (gosudarĭ), a later form of господарь (gospodarĭ).[1] The reshaping of the latter has been explained by the influence of the root суд- (sud-, to judge)[2] or by a relaxed pronunciation.[3]

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Noun

госуда́рь (gosudárʹm anim (genitive госуда́ря, nominative plural госуда́ри, genitive plural госуда́рей, feminine госуда́рыня, relational adjective госуда́рев)

  1. sovereign
  2. Your Majesty
  3. sire
    ми́лостивый госуда́рьmílostivyj gosudárʹSir; Dear sir (in letters)

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References

  1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “государь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  2. ^ Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “государь”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 210
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    Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “государь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN