цар
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 • (car) m pers (genitive цара́, nominative plural цары́, genitive plural царо́ў)
- tzar (the title of the monarch in Russia, Bulgaria and Serbia)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | цар car |
цары́ carý |
| genitive | цара́ cará |
царо́ў caróŭ |
| dative | цару́ carú |
цара́м carám |
| accusative | цара́ cará |
царо́ў caróŭ |
| instrumental | царо́м caróm |
цара́мі carámi |
| locative | цару́ carú |
цара́х caráx |
| count form | — | цары́1 carý1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
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 • (car) m (feminine цари́ца, relational adjective ца́рски)
Declension
| 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 |
Related terms
Ingush
Pronoun
цар • (car)
- (possessive) their
Noun
цар • (car)
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 • (car) m (feminine царица, relational adjective царски, diminutive царче)
- czar, tsar, tzar
- king, ruler, monarch
- emperor
- sire
- Caesar
- (slang) a cool or intelligent person (used to indicate admiration or high approval)
Declension
| 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)
- 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
| 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 • (car) m pers (genitive царя́, nominative plural царі́, genitive plural царі́в, relational adjective ца́рський)
Declension
| 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
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “цар”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “цар”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)