герцог

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Herzog. The second component of the term is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-, whence via Latin dux (akin to dūcō) also дож (dož), ду́че (dúče), дюк (djuk).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ге́рцог • (gércogm anim (genitive ге́рцога, nominative plural ге́рцоги, genitive plural ге́рцогов, female equivalent герцоги́ня, relational adjective ге́рцогский, possessive adjective ге́рцогов)

  1. duke

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: hersoq
  • Uzbek: gersog

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “герцог”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Shansky, N. M., editor (1972), “герцог”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 4 (Г), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 63

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Herzog.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ге́рцог • (hércohm pers (genitive ге́рцога, nominative plural ге́рцоги, genitive plural ге́рцогів, female equivalent герцоги́ня, relational adjective ге́рцогський)

  1. duke

Declension

Declension of ге́рцог
(pers velar masc-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative ге́рцог
hércoh
ге́рцоги
hércohy
genitive ге́рцога
hércoha
ге́рцогів
hércohiv
dative ге́рцогові, ге́рцогу
hércohovi, hércohu
ге́рцогам
hércoham
accusative ге́рцога
hércoha
ге́рцогів
hércohiv
instrumental ге́рцогом
hércohom
ге́рцогами
hércohamy
locative ге́рцогові, ге́рцогу
hércohovi, hércohu
ге́рцогах
hércohax
vocative ге́рцогу
hércohu
ге́рцоги
hércohy

Derived terms

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