царь
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Царь Алексей Михайлович
Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
Shortened from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar
Noun
цар҄ь • (carʹĭ) m
- emperor
- from Vita Constantini, 1800310-1800400:
- отъ селѣ нѣсмь азь ни цр҃ю слоуга ни иномоу никомоу же на земли, нъ тъкъмо б҃оу вьседрьжителю. не бѣхꙿ и бꙑхь и ѥсмь въ вѣкꙑ аминь.
- Henceforth I am neither a servant of the Emperor nor of anyone else on earth, but only of God Almighty. I was not, and I came to be, and am forever. Amen.
- from Vita Constantini, 1800310-1800400:
- tsar
Declension
Declension of царь (soft o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | цар҄ь carʹĭ |
цар҄а carʹa |
цар҄и carʹi |
| genitive | цар҄а carʹa |
цар҄оу carʹu |
цар҄ь carʹĭ |
| dative | цар҄оу, цар҄еви carʹu, carʹevi |
цар҄ема carʹema |
цар҄емъ carʹemŭ |
| accusative | цар҄ь, цар҄а carʹĭ, carʹa |
цар҄а carʹa |
цар҄ѧ carʹę |
| instrumental | цар҄емь carʹemĭ |
цар҄ема carʹema |
цар҄и carʹi |
| locative | цар҄и carʹi |
цар҄оу carʹu |
цар҄ихъ carʹixŭ |
| vocative | цар҄оу carʹu |
цар҄а carʹa |
цар҄и carʹi |
Russian
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Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ), from цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.
Pronunciation
Noun
царь • (carʹ) m anim (genitive царя́, nominative plural цари́, genitive plural царе́й, feminine цари́ца, relational adjective ца́рский, diminutive царёк)
- tsar, Russian emperor
- king (figuratively, or referring to ancient or non-European monarchs)
- царь звере́й ― carʹ zveréj ― king of beasts
- царь и бог ― carʹ i box ― God Almighty
- царь небе́сный ― carʹ nebésnyj ― Heavenly Father
- царь царе́й ― carʹ caréj ― King of kings
- при царе́ Горо́хе ― pri caré Goróxe ― in the year dot; a very long time ago; since the beginning
- Он без царя́ в голове́! ― On bez carjá v golové! ― He’s stupid!
Usage notes
- From 1721 to 1917, Russia was officially an Empire, and its monarchs referred to as импера́тор (imperátor) (officially), госуда́рь (gosudárʹ), or самоде́ржец (samodéržec). For much of that time period, referring to the monarch (in his role as the ruler of Russia) as царь (carʹ) would have been seen as a colloquialism. The Russian monarch's official list of titles over non-Russian territories did include e.g. царь По́льский (carʹ Pólʹskij), which in English was rendered as “King of Poland”.
Declension
Pre-reform declension of царь (anim masc-form soft-stem accent-b)
Synonyms
- коро́ль (korólʹ)
Derived terms
- царе́вич m anim (carévič)
- царе́вна f anim (carévna)
- царёк m anim (carjók)
- царепокло́нство n (carepoklónstvo)
- цареуби́йство n (careubíjstvo)
- цареуби́йца m anim or f anim (careubíjca)
- цари́зм m (carízm)
- цари́ть impf (carítʹ)
- воцари́ться pf (vocarítʹsja), воцаря́ться impf (vocarjátʹsja)
- воцаре́ние n (vocarénije)
- цари́ца f anim (caríca)
- ца́рский (cárskij)
- ца́рски (cárski), по-ца́рски (po-cárski)
- ца́рственный (cárstvennyj)
- ца́рственно (cárstvenno)
- ца́рство n (cárstvo)
- ца́рствование n (cárstvovanije)
- ца́рствовать impf (cárstvovatʹ)
- Phrases
- без царя́ в голове́ (bez carjá v golové)
- Proverbs
- жа́лует царь, да не жа́лует псарь (žálujet carʹ, da ne žálujet psarʹ)
Related terms
- ка́йзер m anim (kájzer)
- ке́сарь m anim (késarʹ)
- це́зарь m anim (cézarʹ)
- це́сарь m anim (césarʹ)
- цесаре́вич m anim (cesarévič), цесаре́вна f anim (cesarévna)
Descendants
- → Arabic: تْسَار (tsār)
- → Armenian: ցար (cʻar)
- → Catalan: tsar
- → Chinese: 沙皇 (shāhuáng) (phonetic 沙 (shā) + semantic 皇 (huáng, “emperor”))
- → Vietnamese: sa hoàng
- → Danish: zar
- → Dutch: tsaar
- → English: tsar, czar, tzar, csar
- → Esperanto: caro
- → Estonian: tsaar
- → Faroese: sarur
- → Finnish: tsaari
- → French: tsar, czar, tzar
- → Galician: tsar
- → German: Zar
- → Greek: τσάρος (tsáros)
- → Hungarian: cár
- → Ingrian: tsaari
- → Italian: zar
- → Japanese: ツァーリ (tsāri)
- → Khmer: ត្សារ (tsaa)
- → Korean: 차르 (chareu)
- → Latvian: cars
- → Lithuanian: caras
- → Norwegian: tsar
- → Polish: car
- → Portuguese: czar
- → Romanian: țar
- → Slovak: cár
- Samic:
- → Spanish: zar
- → Swedish: tsar
- → Thai: ซาร์ (saa)
- → Turkish: çar
- → Yiddish: צאַר (tsar)
- → Uzbek: чор (chor)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “царь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “царь”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 361