цесарь
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Russian
Alternative forms
- цѣ́сарь (cě́sarʹ) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
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
Noun
це́сарь • (césarʹ) m anim (genitive це́саря, nominative plural це́сари, genitive plural це́сарей)
- (archaic) emperor, king
- Synonym: импера́тор m (imperátor)
Usage notes
- 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
Declension of це́сарь (anim masc-form soft-stem accent-a)
Derived terms
- цесаре́вич m anim (cesarévič), цесаре́вна f anim (cesarévna)
- цеса́рец m anim (cesárec)
- цесари́ца (cesaríca)
- цеса́рка f anim (cesárka)
- це́сарский (césarskij), цеса́рский (cesárskij)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “царь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress