государь

Russian

Inherited 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]

госуда́рь • (gosudárʹ) m anim (genitive госуда́ря, nominative plural госуда́ри, genitive plural госуда́рей, feminine госуда́рыня, relational adjective госуда́рев)

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

Declension of госуда́рь (anim masc-form soft-stem accent-a)

Pre-reform declension of госуда́рь (anim masc-form soft-stem accent-a)

^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “государь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
^ Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “государь”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 210
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