вождь

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *voďь.

Noun

вождь • (voždĭ) m

1. leader

Descendants

• → Russian: вождь (voždʹ)

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic вождь (voždĭ), from Proto-Slavic *voďь. Displaced inherited Old East Slavic вожь (vožĭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [voʂtʲ]

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Noun

вождь • (voždʹ) m anim (genitive вождя́, nominative plural вожди́, genitive plural вожде́й)

1. chief, chieftain (of a tribe)
2. leader (inspiring or commanding a movement)
3. (dated) captain (leading an army)

Declension

Declension of вождь (anim masc-form soft-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	во́ждь vóždʹ	вожди́ voždí
genitive	вождя́ voždjá	вожде́й voždéj
dative	вождю́ voždjú	вождя́м voždjám
accusative	вождя́ voždjá	вожде́й voždéj
instrumental	вождём voždjóm	вождя́ми voždjámi
prepositional	вожде́ voždé	вождя́х voždjáx

Synonyms

• (captain): полково́дец (polkovódec)

Related terms

• води́ть (vodítʹ)
• вожа́к (vožák)
• вожа́тый (vožátyj)
• во́жжи (vóžži)

Descendants

• → English: vozhd

References

• Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “вождь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress