вельможа

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Old Church Slavonic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

By surface analysis, вельми (velĭmi, much) +‎ мог- (mog-, be able to) +‎ -ꙗ (-ja).

Noun[edit]

вельможа (velĭmožam

  1. aristocrat

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Old East Slavic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic вельможа (velĭmoža).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ʋɛlɪˈmɔʑɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ʋʲɛlʲɪˈmɔʑa/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ʋʲɛːlʲˈmɔʑa/
  • Hyphenation: ве‧ль‧мо‧жа

Noun[edit]

вельможа (velĭmožam

  1. aristocrat

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References[edit]

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893), “вельможа”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 240

Russian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old East Slavic вельможа (velĭmoža), Old Church Slavonic вельможа (velĭmoža).

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Noun[edit]

вельмо́жа (velʹmóžam anim (genitive вельмо́жи, nominative plural вельмо́жи, genitive plural вельмо́ж, relational adjective вельмо́жный)

  1. grandee; magnate; alderman

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

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

Ukrainian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old East Slavic вельможа (velĭmoža), Old Church Slavonic вельможа (velĭmoža).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

вельмо́жа (velʹmóžam pers (genitive вельмо́жі, nominative plural вельмо́жі, genitive plural вельмо́ж, relational adjective вельмо́жний)

  1. grandee; magnate; alderman

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