кесарь
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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic кесарь (kesarĭ), from Koine Greek Καῖσαρ (Kaîsar), itself a borrowing from Latin Caesar. Doublet of царь (carʹ), це́зарь (cézarʹ), and це́сарь (césarʹ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ке́сарь • (késarʹ) m anim (genitive ке́саря, nominative plural ке́сари, genitive plural ке́сарей)
- (historical, archaic) Caesar (title of a Roman or Byzantine emperor)
- Synonyms: це́зарь m (cézarʹ); (archaic) це́сарь m (césarʹ)
- ке́сарю ке́сарево ― késarju késarevo ― render unto Caesar (literally, “unto Caesar Caesar’s”)
Declension
Declension of ке́сарь (anim masc-form soft-stem accent-a)
Pre-reform declension of ке́сарь (anim masc-form soft-stem accent-a)
Derived terms
- ке́сарев (késarev)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кесарь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress