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

Descendants

  • → English: posadnik
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