кесарь

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic кесарь (kesarĭ), from Koine Greek Καῖσαρ (Kaîsar), itself a borrowing from Latin Caesar. Doublet of царь (carʹ), це́зарь (cézarʹ), and це́сарь (césarʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkʲesərʲ]

Noun

ке́сарь • (késarʹ) m anim (genitive ке́саря, nominative plural ке́сари, genitive plural ке́сарей)

  1. (historical, archaic) Caesar (title of a Roman or Byzantine emperor)
    Synonyms: це́зарь m (cézarʹ); (archaic) це́сарь m (césarʹ)
    ке́сарю ке́саревоkésarju késarevorender unto Caesar (literally, “unto Caesar [the things that are] Caesar’s”)

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кесарь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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