-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)