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воевода

/[voɛˈvɔdɐ]/
Bulgariannoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    army commander
  2. 2.
    voivode, duke (heraldic title among West Slavs)

Synonyms & related words

Word family
  • войво́дство
Synonyms
  • военача́лник
  • пълково́дец
  • команди́р
  • херцо́г
Related words (4)
  • войска́
  • вожд
  • вода́ч
  • води́ч

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vojevoda, identical to вой (voj, “army”) (dated) + -е- (-e-) + вод (vod, “conduction”), a calque of Ancient Greek στρατηγός (stratēgós) (or formed in the same logic as it). Compare the Germanic borrowing херцо́г (hercóg, “duke”) from Proto-Germanic *harjatugô (“army commander”).

Forms

  • воево́даcanonical • masculine
  • voevódaromanization
  • воево́дскиadjective • relational
  • воево́даindefinite • masculine • singular
  • воево́дааfeminine • indefinite • singular
  • воево́даоindefinite • neuter • singular
  • воево́даиindefinite • plural
  • воево́даиятdefinite • masculine • singular • subjective
  • воево́даатаdefinite • feminine • singular • subjective
  • воево́даотоdefinite • neuter • singular • subjective
  • воево́даитеdefinite • plural • subjective
  • воево́даияdefinite • masculine • objective • singular
  • воево́даатаdefinite • feminine • objective • singular
  • воево́даотоdefinite • neuter • objective • singular
  • воево́даитеdefinite • objective • plural
  • по́-воево́даindefinite • masculine • singular
  • по́-воево́дааfeminine • indefinite • singular
  • по́-воево́даоindefinite • neuter • singular
  • по́-воево́даиindefinite • plural
  • по́-воево́даиятdefinite • masculine • singular • subjective
  • по́-воево́даатаdefinite • feminine • singular • subjective
  • по́-воево́даотоdefinite • neuter • singular • subjective
  • по́-воево́даитеdefinite • plural • subjective
  • по́-воево́даияdefinite • masculine • objective • singular
  • по́-воево́даатаdefinite • feminine • objective • singular
  • по́-воево́даотоdefinite • neuter • objective • singular
  • по́-воево́даитеdefinite • objective • plural
  • на́й-воево́даindefinite • masculine • singular
  • на́й-воево́дааfeminine • indefinite • singular
  • на́й-воево́даоindefinite • neuter • singular
  • на́й-воево́даиindefinite • plural
  • на́й-воево́даиятdefinite • masculine • singular • subjective
  • на́й-воево́даатаdefinite • feminine • singular • subjective
  • на́й-воево́даотоdefinite • neuter • singular • subjective
  • на́й-воево́даитеdefinite • plural • subjective
  • на́й-воево́даияdefinite • masculine • objective • singular
  • на́й-воево́даатаdefinite • feminine • objective • singular
  • на́й-воево́даотоdefinite • neuter • objective • singular
  • на́й-воево́даитеdefinite • objective • plural
  • войво́даalternative

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