правитель

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

прави(ти) (pravi(ti), to lead) + -тель (-telĭ)

Noun

правител҄ь • (pravitelʹĭ) m

  1. director, leader, manager

Declension

References

  • Mali staroslavensko-hrvatski rječnik, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, 2004
  • Старославянский словарь (по рукописям X-XI веков), Русский язык, Москва 1994

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From правити (praviti, to lead) + -тель (-telĭ). Akin to Old Church Slavonic правитель (pravitelĭ).

Pronunciation

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /prɑˈʋitɛlʲɪ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /praˈʋʲitʲɛlʲɪ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /praˈʋʲitʲɛːlʲ/
  • Hyphenation: пра‧ви‧те‧ль

Noun

правитель (pravitelĭ) m

  1. leader
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik, page 3:
      рекоу же· оуꙁда коневи правитель ѥсть и въꙁдьржаниѥ·
      reku že· uzda konevi pravitelĭ jestĭ i vŭzdĭržanije·
      But I say: A bridle is a leader to a horse and a restriction.

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “правитель”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1344

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic правитель (pravitelĭ). By surface analysis, пра́вить (právitʹ) + -тель (-telʹ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [prɐˈvʲitʲɪlʲ]
  • (file)

Noun

прави́тель • (pravítelʹ) m anim (genitive прави́теля, nominative plural прави́тели, genitive plural прави́телей, feminine прави́тельница)

  1. ruler (a person who rules or governs)
    Synonym: властели́н (vlastelín)

Declension

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic правитель (pravitelĭ). By surface analysis, пра́вити impf (právyty) + -тель (-telʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [prɐˈʋɪtelʲ]
  • (file)

Noun

прави́тель • (pravýtelʹ) m pers (genitive прави́теля, nominative plural прави́телі, genitive plural прави́телів, feminine прави́телька)

  1. ruler (person who rules or governs)

Declension

Further reading

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