-ья

Russian

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • -ья: IPA(key): [ʲjə]

Suffix

-ья • (-ʹja) f anim

  1. (feminine) Forms stylistically neutral female equivalents of nouns denoting males.
    ‎говору́н (govorún, “babbler, talker”) + ‎-ья (-ʹja) → ‎говору́нья (govorúnʹja, “female talker”)
    ‎бегу́н (begún, “runner”) + ‎-ья (-ʹja) → ‎бегу́нья (begúnʹja, “female runner”)

Declension
Declension of -ья (anim fem-form vowel-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative -ья
-ʹja		 -ьи
-ʹi
genitive -ьи
-ʹi		 -ий
-ij
dative -ье
-ʹje		 -ьям
-ʹjam
accusative -ью
-ʹju		 -ий
-ij
instrumental -ьей, -ьею
-ʹjej, -ʹjeju		 -ьями
-ʹjami
prepositional -ье
-ʹje		 -ьях
-ʹjax

Derived terms
Russian terms suffixed with -ья

See also
  • -есса (-essa), -исса (-issa), -иха (-ixa), -ша (-ša)
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