воѥвода

See also: воевода

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda. Equivalent to вои (voi, “troop, army”) +‎ водити (voditi).

Noun

воѥвода • (vojevoda) m

1. military commander
   • from Vita Constantini, 0801900-0801910:

     Козарꙿскꙑ же воѥвода съ вои шьдь ѡбьстоупꙇи христꙇанꙿскꙑ градь и ѡплете се ѡ нѥмь.

     A Khazar commander came with his troops, surrounded a certain Christian city, and laid siege to it.

Declension

Declension of воѥвода (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	воѥвода vojevoda	воѥводѣ vojevodě	воѥводꙑ vojevody
genitive	воѥводꙑ vojevody	воѥводоу vojevodu	воѥводъ vojevodŭ
dative	воѥводѣ vojevodě	воѥводама vojevodama	воѥводамъ vojevodamŭ
accusative	воѥводѫ vojevodǫ	воѥводѣ vojevodě	воѥводꙑ vojevody
instrumental	воѥводоѭ vojevodojǫ	воѥводама vojevodama	воѥводами vojevodami
locative	воѥводѣ vojevodě	воѥводоу vojevodu	воѥводахъ vojevodaxŭ
vocative	воѥводо vojevodo	воѥводѣ vojevodě	воѥводꙑ vojevody

Derived terms

• воѥводьство (vojevodĭstvo)

Further reading

• “воѥвода”, in GORAZD [Old Church Slavonic Digital Hub], http://gorazd.org, 2016—2026