Игорь

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Old East Slavic

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Etymology

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Apparently, it is an Old East Slavic-Varangian given name *Iⁿgor, from Proto-Norse *Inguharjaʀ. Cf. not an Old East Slavic-Varangian given name Ингварь (Ingvarĭ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /jiˈɡɔrɪ//jiˈɡɔrʲɪ//jiˈɡɔːrʲ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /jiˈɡɔrɪ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /jiˈɡɔrʲɪ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /jiˈɡɔːrʲ/

  • Hyphenation: И‧го‧рь

Noun

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Игорь (Igorĭm

  1. a male given name, Igor

Declension

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References

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  • Nikolaev, Sergei L. (2020) «Слово о полку Игореве»: реконструкция стихотворного текста [“The Tale of Igor’s Campaign”: reconstruction of a poetic text]‎[1] (in Russian), Moscow, Saint-Petersburg: Nestor-History, →ISBN, page 522:I.1.5.

Russian

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Etymology

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From Old Norse Yngvarr, brought to Russia by Varangian rulers, from Yngvi, name of a god + herr (army). Cognate to modern Scandinavian Ingvar, Yngvar and akin to English Ivor.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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И́горь (Ígorʹm anim (genitive И́горя, nominative plural И́гори, genitive plural И́горей)

  1. a male given name, Igor

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Transliterations
  • English: Igor
  • Estonian: Igor
  • Latvian: Igors