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==Old Church Slavonic==
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[[File:Emperor Theophilos Chronicle of John Skylitzes.jpg|thumb|Theophilos, Byzantine [[Emperor]] from 829 until his death in 842.]]

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|cu|цар҄ь}}
* {{alter|cu|чѣсарь}}
* {{qualifier|Glagolitic}}: {{alter|cu|ⱌⱑⱄⰰⱃⱐ}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|cu|sla-pro|*cěsařь}}, from a {{der|cu|gem}} language, from {{der|cu|gem-pro|*kaisaraz}}, from {{der|cu|la|Caesar}}.

===Noun===
{{cu-noun|m|head=цѣсар҄ь}}

# [[emperor]], [[tsar]]
#* from the ''Homily against the Bogumils'', 1643-1649:
#*: {{quote|cu|оучѧтъ же своꙗ си не повиновати сѧ властелемъ своимъ; хоулѧще богатꙑѩ, царь ненавидѧтъ, рѫгаѭтъ сѧ старѣишинамъ, оукарꙗѭтъ болꙗрꙑ, мрьзькꙑ богоу мьнѧтъ работаѭщѧѩ '''цѣсарю''', и вьсꙗкомоу рабоу не велѧтъ работати господиноу своѥмоу.|They teach their followers not to obey their masters; 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.}}
#* from ''Vita Methodii'', 0500900:
#*: {{quote|cu|тъгда не съмѧста сѧ отърещи ни бога ни '''чѣсарѧ'''|Then they dared not refuse God or the '''Emperor'''}}
# [[king]]

====Declension====
{{cu-decl-noun-jo-m|цѣса|р҄|a=an}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|cu|цѣсарьство}}
* {{l|cu|цѣсарьствиѥ}}

==Old East Slavic==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|orv|sla-pro|*cěsařь}}, from a {{der|orv|gem}} language, from {{der|orv|gem-pro|*kaisaraz}}, from {{der|orv|la|Caesar}}.

===Noun===
{{orv-noun|m}}

# [[emperor]], [[king]]