-ия

See also: ја, и-а, and -ја

Russian

Pronunciation
  • -ия: IPA(key): [ʲɪjə]
  • -и́я: IPA(key): [ˈʲijə]

Suffix

-ия or -и́я • (-ija or -íja) f

  1. singular feminine nominative of -ий (-ij): -y, -ia (frequently found as part of foreign borrowings, where it represents the foreign suffixes -y, -ia, -ie, etc.)
  2. -ion (frequently found as part of foreign borrowings, where it represents -ion, especially as part of -ция (-cija, “-tion”))
  3. Suffix used to create abstract nouns from nouns denoting persons.
    ‎инжене́р (inženér, “engineer”) + ‎-ия (-ija) → ‎инжене́рия (inženérija, “engineering”)
    ‎бухга́лтер (bugálter, buhálter, “accountant”) + ‎-ия (-ija) → ‎бухгалте́рия (bugaltérija, buhaltérija, “accounting”)
    ‎карто́граф (kartógraf, “cartographer”) + ‎-ия (-ija) → ‎картогра́фия (kartográfija, “cartography”)
    ‎укро́п (ukróp, “Ukrainian (pejorative)”) + ‎-ия (-ija) → ‎Укро́пия (Ukrópija, “Ukraine (pejorative)”)

Usage notes
  • In the unstressed variant, the stress is frequently drawn onto the preceding syllable.

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

Derived terms
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