Игорь

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Apparently, it is an Old East Slavic-Varangian given name *Iⁿgor, from Proto-Norse *Inguharjaʀ. Cf. not an Old East Slavic-Varangian given name Ингварь (Ingvarĭ).

Pronunciation

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /jiˈɡɔrɪ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /jiˈɡɔrʲɪ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /jiˈɡɔːrʲ/
  • Hyphenation: И‧го‧рь

Noun

Игорь (Igorĭ) m

  1. a male given name, Igor

Declension

References

  • Nikolaev, Sergei L. (2020) «Слово о полку Игореве»: реконструкция стихотворного текста [“The Tale of Igor’s Campaign”: reconstruction of a poetic text] (in Russian), Moscow, Saint-Petersburg: Nestor-History, →ISBN, page 522:I.1.5.

Russian

Etymology

From Old Norse Yngvarr, brought to Russia by Varangian rulers, from Yngvi, name of a god + herr (army). Cognate to modern Scandinavian Ingvar, Yngvar and akin to English Ivor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈiɡərʲ]

Proper noun

И́горь • (Ígorʹ) m anim (genitive И́горя, nominative plural И́гори, genitive plural И́горей)

  1. a male given name, Igor

Declension

Derived terms

  • (diminutives) Го́га (Góga), Го́ра (Góra), Го́ря (Górja), Го́тя (Gótja), Го́ша (Góša), Гу́ля (Gúlja), Гу́ся (Gúsja), Игора́ша (Igoráša), Игоря́ша (Igorjáša), Иго́ша (Igóša), Игу́ля (Igúlja), Игу́ся (Igúsja), И́ра (Íra)
  • (endearing forms) Игорёк (Igorjók), Игорю́ха (Igorjúxa), Игорю́ша (Igorjúša), Игорю́шка (Igorjúška), Го́гочка (Gógočka), Го́шенька (Góšenʹka)
  • (pejorative forms) Го́шка (Góška), И́горька (Ígorʹka), И́горка (Ígorka)
  • (patronymics) И́горевич (Ígorevič), И́горич (Ígorič), И́горевна (Ígorevna)
  • (surnames) И́горев (Ígorev)

Descendants

Transliterations
  • English: Igor
  • Estonian: Igor
  • Latvian: Igors
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