цесарь
Russian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, ultimately from Latin Caesar. Doublet of ке́сарь (késarʹ), царь (carʹ), and це́зарь (cézarʹ).
Pronunciation
Noun
це́сарь • (césarʹ) m anim (genitive це́саря, nominative plural це́сари, genitive plural це́сарей)
Usage notes
- Occasionally used as an archaic term for Roman, Byzantine, and Holy Roman Emperors. Formerly, in addition, used for biblical kings, Mongolian khans, and as an honorific by Grand Dukes of Moscow.
Declension
Declension of це́сарь (anim masc-form soft-stem accent-a)
Synonyms
- импера́тор m (imperátor)
Derived terms
- це́саревич m (césarevič)
- це́сарский (césarskij)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “царь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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