"начальник" meaning in Russian

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Noun

IPA: [nɐˈt͡ɕælʲnʲɪk] Audio: Ru-начальник.ogg
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic начѧльникъ (načęlĭnikŭ). Also analyzable as нача́ло (načálo) + -ник (-nik). Etymology templates: {{bor+|ru|cu|начѧльникъ}} Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic начѧльникъ (načęlĭnikŭ), {{affix|ru|нача́ло|-ник}} нача́ло (načálo) + -ник (-nik) Head templates: {{ru-noun+|нача́льник|a=an|dim=нача́льничек|f=нача́льница}} нача́льник • (načálʹnik) m anim (genitive нача́льника, nominative plural нача́льники, genitive plural нача́льников, feminine нача́льница, diminutive нача́льничек) Forms: нача́льник [canonical], načálʹnik [romanization], нача́льника [genitive], нача́льники [nominative, plural], нача́льников [genitive, plural], нача́льница [feminine], нача́льничек [diminutive], no-table-tags [table-tags], нача́льник [nominative, singular], нача́льники [nominative, plural], нача́льника [genitive, singular], нача́льников [genitive, plural], нача́льнику [dative, singular], нача́льникам [dative, plural], нача́льника [accusative, singular], нача́льников [accusative, plural], нача́льником [instrumental, singular], нача́льниками [instrumental, plural], нача́льнике [prepositional, singular], нача́льниках [plural, prepositional]
  1. chief, boss, superior, master, principal, commander Synonyms: руководи́тель, глава́, ипа́рх Derived forms: военача́льник (vojenačálʹnik) [animate, masculine], градонача́льник (gradonačálʹnik) [animate, masculine], столонача́льник (stolonačálʹnik) [animate, masculine], нача́льник ста́нции (načálʹnik stáncii) [animate, masculine] Related terms: безнача́лие (beznačálije) [neuter], нача́льный (načálʹnyj), нача́льство (načálʹstvo) [neuter], нача́льственный (načálʹstvennyj), под нача́лом (pod načálom), единонача́лие (jedinonačálije) [neuter], родонача́льник (rodonačálʹnik) [animate, masculine], священнонача́лие (svjaščennonačálije) [neuter]
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "izh",
            "2": "nacalnikka",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ingrian: nacalnikka",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ingrian: nacalnikka"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "cu",
        "3": "начѧльникъ"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic начѧльникъ (načęlĭnikŭ)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "нача́ло",
        "3": "-ник"
      },
      "expansion": "нача́ло (načálo) + -ник (-nik)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic начѧльникъ (načęlĭnikŭ). Also analyzable as нача́ло (načálo) + -ник (-nik).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "нача́льник",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "načálʹnik",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льника",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льники",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льников",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льница",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льничек",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ru-noun-table",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "velar-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "accent-a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льник",
      "roman": "načálʹnik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льники",
      "roman": "načálʹniki",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льника",
      "roman": "načálʹnika",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льников",
      "roman": "načálʹnikov",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льнику",
      "roman": "načálʹniku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льникам",
      "roman": "načálʹnikam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льника",
      "roman": "načálʹnika",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льников",
      "roman": "načálʹnikov",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льником",
      "roman": "načálʹnikom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льниками",
      "roman": "načálʹnikami",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льнике",
      "roman": "načálʹnike",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "prepositional",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льниках",
      "roman": "načálʹnikax",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "prepositional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "нача́льник",
        "a": "an",
        "dim": "нача́льничек",
        "f": "нача́льница"
      },
      "expansion": "нача́льник • (načálʹnik) m anim (genitive нача́льника, nominative plural нача́льники, genitive plural нача́льников, feminine нача́льница, diminutive нача́льничек)",
      "name": "ru-noun+"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "подчинённый"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian nouns with accent pattern a",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian terms of address",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian terms suffixed with -ник",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ru",
          "name": "Leaders",
          "orig": "ru:Leaders",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ru",
          "name": "Male people",
          "orig": "ru:Male people",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "vojenačálʹnik",
          "tags": [
            "animate",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "военача́льник"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gradonačálʹnik",
          "tags": [
            "animate",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "градонача́льник"
        },
        {
          "roman": "stolonačálʹnik",
          "tags": [
            "animate",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "столонача́льник"
        },
        {
          "roman": "načálʹnik stáncii",
          "tags": [
            "animate",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "нача́льник ста́нции"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chief, boss, superior, master, principal, commander"
      ],
      "id": "en-начальник-ru-noun-4-ZuR2Kq",
      "links": [
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ],
        [
          "boss",
          "boss"
        ],
        [
          "superior",
          "superior"
        ],
        [
          "master",
          "master"
        ],
        [
          "principal",
          "principal"
        ],
        [
          "commander",
          "commander"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "beznačálije",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "безнача́лие"
        },
        {
          "roman": "načálʹnyj",
          "word": "нача́льный"
        },
        {
          "roman": "načálʹstvo",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "нача́льство"
        },
        {
          "roman": "načálʹstvennyj",
          "word": "нача́льственный"
        },
        {
          "roman": "pod načálom",
          "word": "под нача́лом"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jedinonačálije",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "единонача́лие"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rodonačálʹnik",
          "tags": [
            "animate",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "родонача́льник"
        },
        {
          "roman": "svjaščennonačálije",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "священнонача́лие"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "руководи́тель"
        },
        {
          "word": "глава́"
        },
        {
          "word": "ипа́рх"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[nɐˈt͡ɕælʲnʲɪk]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ru-начальник.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d1/Ru-%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA.ogg/Ru-%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Ru-%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "начальник"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "vojenačálʹnik",
      "tags": [
        "animate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "военача́льник"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gradonačálʹnik",
      "tags": [
        "animate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "градонача́льник"
    },
    {
      "roman": "stolonačálʹnik",
      "tags": [
        "animate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "столонача́льник"
    },
    {
      "roman": "načálʹnik stáncii",
      "tags": [
        "animate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нача́льник ста́нции"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "izh",
            "2": "nacalnikka",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ingrian: nacalnikka",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ingrian: nacalnikka"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "cu",
        "3": "начѧльникъ"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic начѧльникъ (načęlĭnikŭ)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "нача́ло",
        "3": "-ник"
      },
      "expansion": "нача́ло (načálo) + -ник (-nik)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic начѧльникъ (načęlĭnikŭ). Also analyzable as нача́ло (načálo) + -ник (-nik).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "нача́льник",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "načálʹnik",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льника",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льники",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льников",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льница",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льничек",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ru-noun-table",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "velar-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "accent-a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льник",
      "roman": "načálʹnik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льники",
      "roman": "načálʹniki",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льника",
      "roman": "načálʹnika",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льников",
      "roman": "načálʹnikov",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льнику",
      "roman": "načálʹniku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льникам",
      "roman": "načálʹnikam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льника",
      "roman": "načálʹnika",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льников",
      "roman": "načálʹnikov",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льником",
      "roman": "načálʹnikom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льниками",
      "roman": "načálʹnikami",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льнике",
      "roman": "načálʹnike",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "prepositional",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "нача́льниках",
      "roman": "načálʹnikax",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "prepositional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "нача́льник",
        "a": "an",
        "dim": "нача́льничек",
        "f": "нача́льница"
      },
      "expansion": "нача́льник • (načálʹnik) m anim (genitive нача́льника, nominative plural нача́льники, genitive plural нача́льников, feminine нача́льница, diminutive нача́льничек)",
      "name": "ru-noun+"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "beznačálije",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "безнача́лие"
    },
    {
      "roman": "načálʹnyj",
      "word": "нача́льный"
    },
    {
      "roman": "načálʹstvo",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "нача́льство"
    },
    {
      "roman": "načálʹstvennyj",
      "word": "нача́льственный"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pod načálom",
      "word": "под нача́лом"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jedinonačálije",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "единонача́лие"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rodonačálʹnik",
      "tags": [
        "animate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "родонача́льник"
    },
    {
      "roman": "svjaščennonačálije",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "священнонача́лие"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "подчинённый"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Russian 3-syllable words",
        "Russian animate nouns",
        "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Russian lemmas",
        "Russian links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Russian links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Russian masculine nouns",
        "Russian nouns",
        "Russian nouns with accent pattern a",
        "Russian terms borrowed from Old Church Slavonic",
        "Russian terms derived from Old Church Slavonic",
        "Russian terms of address",
        "Russian terms suffixed with -ник",
        "Russian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Russian velar-stem masculine-form accent-a nouns",
        "Russian velar-stem masculine-form nouns",
        "ru:Leaders",
        "ru:Male people"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chief, boss, superior, master, principal, commander"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ],
        [
          "boss",
          "boss"
        ],
        [
          "superior",
          "superior"
        ],
        [
          "master",
          "master"
        ],
        [
          "principal",
          "principal"
        ],
        [
          "commander",
          "commander"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "руководи́тель"
        },
        {
          "word": "глава́"
        },
        {
          "word": "ипа́рх"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[nɐˈt͡ɕælʲnʲɪk]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ru-начальник.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d1/Ru-%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA.ogg/Ru-%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Ru-%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "начальник"
}

Download raw JSONL data for начальник meaning in Russian (5.8kB)


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