посадник

See also: поседник

Russian

Etymology

Old Church Slavonic посадити (posaditi) + -ник (-nik). Can be analysed as по- (po-) +‎ сади́ть (sadítʹ) +‎ -ник (-nik). Named because originally, the posadniks were appointed by the Prince of Kievan Rus as his governors, but were later elected by veche councils.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɐˈsadʲnʲɪk]

Noun

поса́дник • (posádnik) m anim (genitive поса́дника, nominative plural поса́дники, genitive plural поса́дников)

1. (historical) a mayor in some East Slavic cities, towns, and oblasts.
2. (historical, specifically) the mayor or leader of Novgorod and Pskov.

Declension

Declension of поса́дник (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	поса́дник posádnik	поса́дники posádniki
genitive	поса́дника posádnika	поса́дников posádnikov
dative	поса́днику posádniku	поса́дникам posádnikam
accusative	поса́дника posádnika	поса́дников posádnikov
instrumental	поса́дником posádnikom	поса́дниками posádnikami
prepositional	поса́днике posádnike	поса́дниках posádnikax

Related terms

• посади́ть (posadítʹ, “to place”)

Descendants

• → English: posadnik