Владимир

Russian

Alternative forms

• Влади́міръ (Vladímir) (Pre-reform orthography (1918))

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Владимѣръ (Vladiměrŭ), from Proto-Slavic *Voldiměrъ (which see for more), equivalent to Old Church Slavonic владь (vladĭ, “power”) (which is from Proto-Indo-European *wal (“be strong”)) + мѣръ (měrŭ, “great”), changed by folk etymology into миръ (mirŭ, “peace”). Compare the inherited Old East Slavic Володимѣръ (Volodiměrŭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr]

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Proper noun

Влади́мир • (Vladímir) m anim, m inan (genitive Влади́мира, nominative plural Влади́миры, genitive plural Влади́миров)

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Vladimir
2. a city in Russia, administrative centre of Vladimir oblast

Usage notes

• The Russian male name Влади́мир (Vladímir) is never shortened as 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 inanimate	Влади́мира Vladímira	Влади́миров Vladímirov
	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):

Diminutives:

• Воло́дя (Volódja)
• Во́ва (Vóva)
• Вла́дя (Vládja)
• Ла́дя (Ládja)
• Ва́дя (Vádja)

Endearing forms:

• Воло́денька (Volódenʹka)
• Во́вочка (Vóvočka)
• Воло́дик (Volódik)

Pejorative forms:

• Воло́дька (Volódʹka)
• Во́вка (Vóvka)

Patronymics:

• Влади́мирович (Vladímirovič), Влади́мирыч (Vladímiryč)
• Влади́мировна (Vladímirovna), Влади́мирна (Vladímirna)

Surnames:

• Влади́миров (Vladímirov)

Descendants

• → Arabic: فلاديمير‎ (fladīmir)
• → Armenian: Վլադիմիր (Vladimir)
• Chinese:

  → Mandarin: 弗拉基米爾, 弗拉基米尔 (Fúlājīmǐ'ěr)

• → 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