Open AccessAn Enigmatic Form in the Title of Russian Tsars
Author(s) -
Успенский Борис Андреевич
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
slověne/slovene
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.165
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2305-6754
pISSN - 2304-0785
DOI - 10.31168/2305-6754.2020.9.1.6
Subject(s) - spelling , word (group theory) , linguistics , russian language , component (thermodynamics) , classics , history , philosophy , physics , thermodynamics
The article deals with the spelling of the word обладатель (‘dominator, possessor’), an important component of the title of Russian Tsars (e. g. многихъ земель обладатель or отчичь и дѣдичь наслѣдникъ и обладатель, etc.). This word was written in the title in a special manner, namely with two letters a, as ОБЛААДАТЕЛЬ. It is demonstrated in the article that the form with double a reflects the sacralization of the Tsar and his title.