Николай

Russian

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Николай (Nikoláj)

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Nicholas.
2. November (N in the ICAO spelling alphabet)

Declension

    declension of Николай

	singular	plural
nominative	Никола́й	Никола́и
genitive	Никола́я	Никола́ев
dative	Никола́ю	Никола́ям
accusative	Никола́я	Никола́ев
instrumental	Никола́ем	Никола́ями
prepositional	Никола́е	Никола́ях

Derived terms

• (Diminutives:) Коля (Kólja)
• (Endearing forms:) Коленька (Kólen’ka), Николаша (Nikoláša)
• (Pejorative forms:) Колька (Kól’ka)
• (Patronymics:) Николаевич (Nikolájevič, Nikoláič), Николаевна (Nikolájevna, Nikolávna)
• (Surnames:) Николаев (Nikolájev)

Descendants

Transliterations

• English: Nikolai, Nikolay
• Estonian: Nikolai
• Korean: 니콜라이
• Latvian: Nikolajs
• Lithuanian: Nikolajus