государь

Russian

Alternative forms
  • осуда́рь (osudárʹ) (dialectal)

Etymology

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 • (gosudárʹ) m anim (genitive госуда́ря, nominative plural госуда́ри, genitive plural госуда́рей, feminine госуда́рыня)

  1. sovereign
  2. Your Majesty
  3. sire
    ми́лостивый госуда́рь ― mílostivyj gosudárʹ ― Sir; Dear sir (in letters)

Declension
Declension of госуда́рь (anim masc-form soft-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative госуда́рь
gosudárʹ		 госуда́ри
gosudári
genitive госуда́ря
gosudárja		 госуда́рей
gosudárej
dative госуда́рю
gosudárju		 госуда́рям
gosudárjam
accusative госуда́ря
gosudárja		 госуда́рей
gosudárej
instrumental госуда́рем
gosudárem		 госуда́рями
gosudárjami
prepositional госуда́ре
gosudáre		 госуда́рях
gosudárjax

References
  1. Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964), “государь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume I, translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress, page 448
  2. Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “государь”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume I, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 210ab
  3. Cyganenko, G. B. (1989), “государь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kiev: Radjansʹka škola, page 92
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