цар

See also: цяр, царь, цѣсарь, and Appendix:Variations of "car"

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ), from Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from the Latin name Caesar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡sar]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ar
  • Hyphenation: цар

Noun

цар • (carm pers (genitive цара́, nominative plural цары́, genitive plural царо́ў)

  1. tzar (the title of the monarch in Russia, Bulgaria and Serbia)

Declension

References

  • цар”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • цар” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡sar]
  • Rhymes: -ar

Noun

цар • (carm (feminine цари́ца, relational adjective ца́рски)

  1. czar, tsar, tzar
  2. king, ruler, monarch
  3. emperor
  4. sire
  5. (chess) king

Declension

Declension of цар
singular plural
indefinite цар
car
царе́
caré
definite
(subject form)
ца́рят
cárjat
царе́те
caréte
definite
(object form)
ца́ря
cárja
vocative form царю́
carjú
царе́
caré

Ingush

Pronoun

цар • (car)

  1. (possessive) their

Noun

цар • (car)

  1. tsar

Macedonian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡sar]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

цар • (carm (feminine царица, relational adjective царски, diminutive царче)

  1. czar, tsar, tzar
  2. king, ruler, monarch
  3. emperor
  4. sire
  5. Caesar
  6. (slang) a cool or intelligent person (used to indicate admiration or high approval)

Declension

Declension of цар
singular plural
indefinite цар (car) цареви (carevi)
definite unspecified царот (carot) царевите (carevite)
definite proximal царов (carov) царевиве (carevive)
definite distal царон (caron) царевине (carevine)
vocative царе (care)
цару (caru)
цареви (carevi)
count form цара (cara)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, *cьsarь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sâr/

Noun

ца̏р m anim (Latin spelling cȁr)

  1. czar, emperor, monarch
    Подајте цару царево, а Богу Вожје.Give the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor and God what belongs to God.
    • 1971, Бранко Б. Радичевић, Баш-Челик, Београд, page 1:
      Бијаше један цар, и имађаше три сина и три ћерке.
      There once was a tsar and he had three daughters and three sons.

Declension

Declension of цар
singular plural
nominative цар цареви
genitive цара царева
dative цару царевима
accusative цара цареве
vocative царе цареви
locative цару царевима
instrumental царем царевима

Derived terms

References

  • цар”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡sar]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

цар • (carm pers (genitive царя́, nominative plural царі́, genitive plural царі́в, relational adjective ца́рський)

  1. king
  2. emperor

Declension

Declension of цар
(pers soft masc-form accent-b)
singular plural
nominative цар
car
царі́
carí
genitive царя́
carjá
царі́в
carív
dative царе́ві, царю́
carévi, carjú
царя́м
carjám
accusative царя́
carjá
царі́в
carív
instrumental царе́м
carém
царя́ми
carjámy
locative царе́ві, царю́, царі́
carévi, carjú, carí
царя́х
carjáx
vocative ца́рю
cárju
царі́
carí

References