государь

Russian

Alternative forms

  • осуда́рь (osudárʹ)dialectal

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic государь (gosudarĭ), a later form of господарь (gospodarĭ).[1] The reshaping of the latter has been explained by the influence of the root суд- (sud-, to judge)[2] or by a relaxed pronunciation.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡəsʊˈdarʲ]
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Noun

госуда́рь • (gosudárʹm anim (genitive госуда́ря, nominative plural госуда́ри, genitive plural госуда́рей, feminine госуда́рыня, relational adjective госуда́рев)

  1. sovereign
  2. Your Majesty
  3. sire
    ми́лостивый госуда́рьmílostivyj gosudárʹSir; Dear sir (in letters)
    • 1869, Лев Толстой [Leo Tolstoy], “Том 2, Часть вторая, II”, in Война и мир; English translation from Aylmer and Louise Maude, transl., War and Peace, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1922–1923:
      — Вы несча́стливы, госуда́рь мой, — продолжа́л он. — Вы мо́лоды, я стар. Я бы жела́л по ме́ре мои́х сил помо́чь вам.
      — Vy nesčástlivy, gosudárʹ moj, — prodolžál on. — Vy mólody, ja star. Ja by želál po mére moíx sil pomóčʹ vam.
      "You are unhappy, my dear sir," the stranger continued. "You are young and I am old. I should like to help you as far as lies in my power."

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “государь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  2. ^ Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “государь”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 210
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    Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “государь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN