Сергей

Russian

Alternative forms

• Сергѣ́й (Sergě́j) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Sergius, which also gave Greek Σέργιος (Sérgios), Italian Sergio, French Serge, Portuguese Sérgio, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʲɪrˈɡʲej]
• Hyphenation: Сер‧ге́й

Proper noun

Серге́й • (Sergéj) m anim (genitive Серге́я, nominative plural Серге́и, genitive plural Серге́ев, diminutive Серёжа)

1. a male given name, Sergey or Sergei, from Latin, equivalent to English Sergius

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	Серге́й Sergéj	Серге́и Sergéi
genitive	Серге́я Sergéja	Серге́ев Sergéjev
dative	Серге́ю Sergéju	Серге́ям Sergéjam
accusative	Серге́я Sergéja	Серге́ев Sergéjev
instrumental	Серге́ем Sergéjem	Серге́ями Sergéjami
prepositional	Серге́е Sergéje	Серге́ях Sergéjax

Derived terms

• Серге́ев (Sergéjev) (surname)
• Серге́евич (Sergéjevič), Серге́евна (Sergéjevna) (patronymics)

 

Descendants

• → Arabic: سَيْرْغَي (sērḡay), سَيْرْجَي (sērjay)
• → Armenian: Սերգեյ (Sergey)
• → Azerbaijani: Sergey
• → Bulgarian: Серге́й (Sergéj)
• Chinese:

  → Mandarin: 謝爾蓋／谢尔盖 (Xiè'ěrgài)

• → English: Sergey, Sergei
• → Estonian: Sergei
• → French: Sergueï
• → German: Sergej, Sergei
• → Italian: Sergej
• → Japanese: セルゲイ (Serugei)
• → Latvian: Sergejs
• → Lithuanian: Sergejus
• → Macedonian: Сергеј (Sergej)
• → Persian: سرگی (sergey), سرگئی (serge'i)
• → Slovene: Sergej
• → Turkish: Sergey
• → Uzbek: Sergey