болꙗринъ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Slavic *bojь (“struggle, fight”), or related to *bol (“great”), found in the first element of большой (bolʹšoj, “great”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Watkins instead proposes a Bulgar origin, from ΒΟΥΗΛΑ (bouēla), *boyla-er (“nobleman”), noting also Old Turkic 𐰉𐰆𐰖𐰞𐰀 (boyla, buyla) (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

болꙗринъ • (boljarinŭ) m

1. aristocrat, nobleman, boyar
   • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1643-1649:

     хоулѧще богатꙑѩ, царь ненавидѧтъ, рѫгаѭтъ сѧ старѣишинамъ, оукарꙗѭтъ болꙗрꙑ, мрьзькꙑ богоу мьнѧтъ работаѭщѧѩ цѣсарю, и вьсꙗкомоу рабоу не велѧтъ работати господиноу своѥмоу.

     xulęšte bogatyję, carĭ nenavidętŭ, rǫgajǫtŭ sę starěišinamŭ, ukarjajǫtŭ boljary, mrĭzĭky bogu mĭnętŭ rabotajǫštęję cěsarju, i vĭsjakomu rabu ne velętŭ rabotati gospodinu svojemu.

     They scorn the rich, they hate the Tsars, they ridicule their superiors, they reproach the boyars, they believe that God looks in horror on those who labour for the Tsar, and advise every serf not to work for his master.

Declension

Declension of болꙗринъ (o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	болꙗринъ boljarinŭ	болꙗрина boljarina	болꙗре boljare
genitive	болꙗрина boljarina	болꙗриноу boljarinu	болꙗръ boljarŭ
dative	болꙗриноу boljarinu	болꙗринома boljarinoma	болꙗрьмъ boljarĭmŭ
accusative	болꙗринъ boljarinŭ	болꙗрина boljarina	болꙗрꙑ boljary
instrumental	болꙗриномь boljarinomĭ	болꙗринома boljarinoma	болꙗрꙑ boljary
locative	болꙗринѣ boljarině	болꙗриноу boljarinu	болꙗрьхъ boljarĭxŭ
vocative	болꙗрине boljarine	болꙗрина boljarina	болꙗре boljare