боярин

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic бояринъ (bojarinŭ), from Old Church Slavonic болꙗринъ (boljarinŭ), from Bulgar, attested in Greek variously as βωυλε, βοιλας, βοηλας, βουληα, βοιλᾶς, βολιᾶς. The form with -j- might have come from contamination with Old East Slavic бои (boi).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bɐˈjærʲɪn]
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Noun

боя́рин • (bojárin) m anim (genitive боя́рина, nominative plural боя́ре, genitive plural боя́р, feminine боя́рыня)

  1. (historical) boyar

Declension
Declension of боя́рин (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative боя́рин
bojárin		 боя́ре
bojáre
genitive боя́рина
bojárina		 боя́р
bojár
dative боя́рину
bojárinu		 боя́рам
bojáram
accusative боя́рина
bojárina		 боя́р
bojár
instrumental боя́рином
bojárinom		 боя́рами
bojárami
prepositional боя́рине
bojárine		 боя́рах
bojárax

Synonyms
  • боярка (bojarka) (a type of hat)
  • боя́рский (bojárskij)
  • боярство (bojarstvo)

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “боярин”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
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