цесарь
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
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛsərʲ]
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)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | це́сарь césarʹ | це́сари césari |
| genitive | це́саря césarja | це́сарей césarej |
| dative | це́сарю césarju | це́сарям césarjam |
| accusative | це́саря césarja | це́сарей césarej |
| instrumental | це́сарем césarem | це́сарями césarjami |
| prepositional | це́саре césare | це́сарях césarjax |
Derived terms
- цесаре́вич m (cesarévič)
- це́сарский (césarskij)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “царь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress