Алёша

See also: Алеша

Russian

Etymology

Алексей (Aleksej) +‎ -ша (-ša)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈlʲɵʂə]

Proper noun

Алёша • (Aljóša) m anim (genitive Алёши, nominative plural Алёши, genitive plural Алёш)

1. a diminutive, Alyosha, of the male given name Алексе́й (Alekséj)
2. (derogatory, colloquial) an idiot or irresponsible person

Declension

Declension of Алёша (anim fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	Алёша Aljóša	Алёши Aljóši
genitive	Алёши Aljóši	Алёш Aljóš
dative	Алёше Aljóše	Алёшам Aljóšam
accusative	Алёшу Aljóšu	Алёш Aljóš
instrumental	Алёшей, Алёшею Aljóšej, Aljóšeju	Алёшами Aljóšami
prepositional	Алёше Aljóše	Алёшах Aljóšax
vocative	Алёш* Aljóš*

^* Colloquial.

Derived terms

• Лёша (Ljóša)