Илья
Russian
Alternative forms
- Илия́ (Ilijá)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɪˈlʲja]
Proper noun
Илья́ • (Ilʹjá) m anim (genitive Ильи́, nominative plural Ильи́, genitive plural Иле́й)
- A male given name, Ilya, equivalent to Elijah
Declension
Declension of Илья́ (anim fem-form vowel-stem accent-b)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Илья́ Ilʹjá |
Ильи́ Ilʹí |
| genitive | Ильи́ Ilʹí |
Иле́й Iléj |
| dative | Илье́ Ilʹjé |
Илья́м Ilʹjám |
| accusative | Илью́ Ilʹjú |
Иле́й Iléj |
| instrumental | Ильёй, Ильёю Ilʹjój, Ilʹjóju |
Илья́ми Ilʹjámi |
| prepositional | Илье́ Ilʹjé |
Илья́х Ilʹjáx |
Derived terms
- (Diminutives) Илю́ша (Iljúša), Илью́ша (Ilʹjúša), Илю́ха (Iljúxa)
- (Endearing) Илю́шенька (Iljúšenʹka), Илью́шенька (Ilʹjúšenʹka), Илю́шечка (Iljúšečka)
- (Patronymics) Ильи́ч (Ilʹíč), Ильи́нична (Ilʹínična, Ilʹínišna)
- (Surnames) Ильи́н (Ilʹín)
Two diminutive or endearing forms are common in modern Russian, Илю́ша (Iljúša) and Илью́ша (Ilʹjúša), which differ in soft-sign "ь". Both are correct. The absence of the soft sign is explained by modern orthography in terms of softening consonant "л" by vowel "ю". The presence of the soft sign is also correct, because this name is a derivative from Jewish name Elijah, which is literally a combination of two words "Eli" and "Yahu", meaning "My God is YH". Therefore it is natural separating these two syllables by soft-sign. Traditionally, the root of the word is defined as "Иль", where soft-sign is mandatory.
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