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-ия
-ия
Russian
Suffix
-ия or -и́я • (-ija or -íja)
- -y, -ia (frequently found as part of foreign borrowings, where it represents the foreign suffixes -y, -ia, -ie, etc.)
- -ion (frequently found as part of foreign borrowings, where it represents -ion, especially as part of -ция (-cija, “-tion”))
- Suffix used to create abstract nouns from nouns denoting persons.
- инжене́р (inženér, “engineer”) → инжене́рия (inženérija, “engineering”)
- бухга́лтер (bugálter, buhálter, “accountant”) → бухгалте́рия (bugaltérija, buhaltérija, “accounting”)
- карто́граф (kartógraf, “cartographer”) → картогра́фия (kartográfija, “cartography”)
- укро́п (ukróp, “Ukrainian (pejorative)”) → Укро́пия (Ukrópija, “Ukraine (pejorative)”)
Declension
Declension of -ия, -и́я (inan fem-form i-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -ия, -и́я -ija, -íja |
-ии, -и́и -ii, -íi |
| genitive | -ии, -и́и -ii, -íi |
-ий, -и́й -ij, -íj |
| dative | -ии, -и́и -ii, -íi |
-иям, -и́ям -ijam, -íjam |
| accusative | -ию, -и́ю -iju, -íju |
-ии, -и́и -ii, -íi |
| instrumental | -ией, -иею, -и́ей, -и́ею -ijej, -ijeju, -íjej, -íjeju |
-иями, -и́ями -ijami, -íjami |
| prepositional | -ии, -и́и -ii, -íi |
-иях, -и́ях -ijax, -íjax |
Usage notes
- In the unstressed variant, the stress is frequently drawn onto the preceding syllable.
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Russian_words_suffixed_with_-%D0%B8%D1%8F'>Russian words suffixed with -ия</a>