Алексей

Russian

Alternative forms

• Алексѣ́й (Aleksě́j) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

From older Russian (Church Slavonic form) Алекси́й (Aleksíj), from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξιος (Aléxios). Cognate to English Alexius and Alex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej]

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Proper noun

Алексе́й • (Alekséj) m anim (genitive Алексе́я, nominative plural Алексе́и, genitive plural Алексе́ев)

1. a male given name, Alexey, Aleksey, or Alexei, equivalent to English Alex or Alexis
2. Alpha (A in the ICAO spelling alphabet)

Declension

Declension of Алексе́й (anim masc-form vowel-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	Алексе́й Alekséj	Алексе́и Alekséi
genitive	Алексе́я Alekséja	Алексе́ев Alekséjev
dative	Алексе́ю Alekséju	Алексе́ям Alekséjam
accusative	Алексе́я Alekséja	Алексе́ев Alekséjev
instrumental	Алексе́ем Alekséjem	Алексе́ями Alekséjami
prepositional	Алексе́е Alekséje	Алексе́ях Alekséjax

Derived terms

• (Diminutives:) Алёша (Aljóša), Лёша (Ljóša)
• (Endearing forms:) Алёшенька (Aljóšenʹka), Лёшенька (Ljóšenʹka)
• (Pejorative forms:) Алёшка (Aljóška), Алёха (Aljóxa), Лёшка (Ljóška), Лёха (Ljóxa)
• (Patronymics:) Алексе́евич (Alekséjevič), Алексе́евна (Alekséjevna)
• (Surnames:) Алексе́ев (Alekséjev), Алексе́ева (Alekséjeva)

Descendants

Transliterations

• English: Aleksey, Aleksei
• Estonian: Aleksei
• French: Alekseï
• Latvian: Aleksejs
• Persian: الکسی (aleksi, aleksey)
• Swedish: Aleksej