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Russian
Etymology
Per Vasmer (and others), from боя́рич (bojárič), in turn from боя́рин (bojárin).
Compare княжени́ка (knjaženíka, “arctic raspberry”), akin to князь (knjazʹ), кня́жий (knjážij).
Pronunciation
Noun
боя́рышник • (bojáryšnik) m inan (genitive боя́рышника, nominative plural боя́рышники, genitive plural боя́рышников)
- hawthorn
Declension
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “боярышник”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Shansky, N. M. (1965) “боярышник”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 2 (Б), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 182
- Anikin, A. E. (2011) “боярышник”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 4 (боле – бтарь), Moscow: Znak, →ISBN, page 135