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”).[1]

Watkins instead proposes an old Bulgar origin, from *boyla-er (“nobleman”).[2] (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 (hard o-stem)
Case Singular Dual Plural
Nominative болꙗринъ
boljarinŭ		 болꙗрина
boljarina		 болꙗре
boljare
Accusative болꙗринъ, болꙗрина
boljarinŭ, boljarina		 болꙗрина
boljarina		 болꙗрꙑ
boljary
Genitive болꙗрина
boljarina		 болꙗриноу
boljarinu		 болꙗръ
boljarŭ
Locative болꙗринѣ
boljarině		 болꙗриноу
boljarinu		 болꙗрьхъ
boljarĭxŭ
Dative болꙗриноу, болꙗринови
boljarinu, boljarinovi		 болꙗринома
boljarinoma		 болꙗрьмъ
boljarĭmŭ
Instrumental болꙗриномь
boljarinomĭ		 болꙗринома
boljarinoma		 болꙗрꙑ
boljary
Vocative болꙗрине
boljarine		 болꙗрина
boljarina		 болꙗре
boljare

References
  1. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “boyar”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. “boyar”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
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