Владимир
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Azerbaijani
Proper noun
Владимир
- Cyrillic spelling of Vladimir
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Владимир • (Vladimir) m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Vladimir
Russian
Alternative forms
- Влади́міръ (Vladímir) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Владимѣръ (Vladiměrŭ), from Proto-Slavic *Voldiměrъ (where further etymology is listed). By surface analysis, влад(еть) (vlad(etʹ), “to master, to possess”) + мир (mir, “peace”), with the second component changed by folk etymology from Old Church Slavonic мѣръ (měrŭ, “great”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Влади́мир • (Vladímir) m anim or m inan (genitive Влади́мира, nominative plural Влади́миры, genitive plural Влади́миров, relational adjective влади́мирский)
- (animate) a male given name, equivalent to English Vladimir
- (inanimate) Vladimir (a city, the administrative center of Vladimir Oblast, Russia)
- (inanimate) Volodymyr (a city, the administrative center of Volodymyr Raion, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine)
Usage notes
- The Russian male name Влади́мир (Vladímir) is never shortened to Влад (Vlad); common pet forms are Воло́дя (Volódja) or Во́ва (Vóva). Влад (Vlad) is a short form of Владисла́в (Vladisláv) or a name on its own.
Declension
Declension of Влади́мир (bian masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Влади́мир Vladímir |
Влади́миры Vladímiry | |
| genitive | Влади́мира Vladímira |
Влади́миров Vladímirov | |
| dative | Влади́миру Vladímiru |
Влади́мирам Vladímiram | |
| accusative | animate | Влади́мира Vladímira |
Влади́миров Vladímirov |
| inanimate | Влади́мир Vladímir |
Влади́миры Vladímiry | |
| instrumental | Влади́миром Vladímirom |
Влади́мирами Vladímirami | |
| prepositional | Влади́мире Vladímire |
Влади́мирах Vladímirax | |
Note: the city name does not have a plural form, or it is never used.
Derived terms
(male name):
General hypocoristic forms:
Endearing forms:
- Воло́денька (Volódenʹka)
- Во́вочка (Vóvočka)
- Воло́дик (Volódik)
Familiar forms:
Patronymics:
- Влади́мирович (Vladímirovič), Влади́мирыч (Vladímiryč)
- Влади́мировна (Vladímirovna), Влади́мирна (Vladímirna)
Surnames:
- Влади́миров (Vladímirov)
Descendants
- → Arabic: فْلَادِيمِير (fladīmir)
- → Armenian: Վլադիմիր (Vladimir)
- Chinese:
- → Georgian: ვლადიმერ (vladimer)
- → Greek: Βλαδίμηρος (Vladímiros), Βλαντίμιρ (Vlantímir)
- → Hindi: व्लादिमिर (vlādimir)
- → Japanese: ウラジーミル (Urajīmiru)
- → Korean: 블라디미르 (Beulladimireu)
- → Latvian: Vladimirs
- → Lithuanian: Vladimiras
- → Vietnamese: Vla-đi-mia