боярин

Russian

Alternative forms

• боя́ринъ (bojárin) — pre-1918 spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic боꙗринъ (bojarinŭ), from Old Church Slavonic болꙗринъ (boljarinŭ), from Bulgar, attested in Greek variously as βωυλε, βοιλας, βοηλας, βουληα, βοιλᾶς, βολιᾶς. The form with -j- might have come from contamination with Old East Slavic бои (boi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɐˈjærʲɪn]

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Noun

боя́рин • (bojárin) m anim (genitive боя́рина, nominative plural боя́ре, genitive plural боя́р, female equivalent боя́рыня, relational adjective боя́рский)

1. (historical) boyar

   Synonym: (a more modern term) ба́рин (bárin)

Declension

Declension of боя́рин (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	боя́рин bojárin	боя́ре bojáre
genitive	боя́рина bojárina	боя́р bojár
dative	боя́рину bojárinu	боя́рам bojáram
accusative	боя́рина bojárina	боя́р bojár
instrumental	боя́рином bojárinom	боя́рами bojárami
prepositional	боя́рине bojárine	боя́рах bojárax

Derived terms

• боя́рка (bojárka) (a type of hat)
• боя́рский (bojárskij), боя́рство n (bojárstvo)
• отбоя́риться pf (otbojáritʹsja), отбоя́риваться impf (otbojárivatʹsja)

Compound words:

• Семибоя́рщина f (Semibojárščina)

Descendants

• → Ingrian: bajari

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “боярин”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “боярин”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic боꙗринъ (bojarinŭ), from Old Church Slavonic болꙗринъ (boljarinŭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɔˈjaren]

Noun

боя́рин • (bojáryn) m pers (genitive боя́рина, nominative plural боя́ри, genitive plural боя́р, female equivalent боя́риня, relational adjective боя́рський)

1. (historical) boyar

Declension

Declension of боя́рин
(pers hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	боя́рин bojáryn	боя́ри bojáry
genitive	боя́рина bojáryna	боя́р bojár
dative	боя́ринові, боя́рину bojárynovi, bojárynu	боя́рам bojáram
accusative	боя́рина bojáryna	боя́р bojár
instrumental	боя́рином bojárynom	боя́рами bojáramy
locative	боя́ринові, боя́рині bojárynovi, bojáryni	боя́рах bojárax
vocative	боя́рине bojáryne	боя́ри bojáry

Related terms

• боя́рство (bojárstvo)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “боя́рин”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “боя́рин”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN