цесарь

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, ultimately from Latin Caesar. Doublet of ке́сарь (késarʹ), царь (carʹ), and це́зарь (cézarʹ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛsərʲ]

Noun

це́сарь • (césarʹ) m anim (genitive це́саря, nominative plural це́сари, genitive plural це́сарей)

  1. (archaic) emperor, king
    Synonym: импера́тор m (imperátor)

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) 
singular plural
nominative це́сарь
césarʹ		 це́сари
césari
genitive це́саря
césarja		 це́сарей
césarej
dative це́сарю
césarju		 це́сарям
césarjam
accusative це́саря
césarja		 це́сарей
césarej
instrumental це́сарем
césarem		 це́сарями
césarjami
prepositional це́саре
césare		 це́сарях
césarjax

Derived terms
  • цесаре́вич m (cesarévič)
  • цесари́ца f (cesaríca)
  • 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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