-ия

See also: ја, и-а, and -ја

Russian

Pronunciation

  • -ия: IPA(key): [ʲɪjə]
  • -и́я: IPA(key): [ˈʲijə]

Suffix

-ия or -и́я (-ija or -íja) f

  1. singular feminine nominative of -ий (-ij): -y, -ia (frequently found as part of foreign borrowings, where it represents the foreign suffixes -y, -ia, -ie, etc.)
  2. -ion (frequently found as part of foreign borrowings, where it represents -ion, especially as part of -ция (-cija, -tion))
  3. Suffix used to create abstract nouns from nouns denoting persons.
    инжене́р (inženér, engineer) + -ия (-ija)инжене́рия (inženérija, engineering)
    бухга́лтер (bugálter, buhálter, accountant) + -ия (-ija)бухгалте́рия (bugaltérija, buhaltérija, accounting)
    карто́граф (kartógraf, cartographer) + -ия (-ija)картогра́фия (kartográfija, cartography)
    укро́п (ukróp, Ukrainian (pejorative)) + -ия (-ija)Укро́пия (Ukrópija, Ukraine (pejorative))

Usage notes

  • In the unstressed variant, the stress is frequently drawn onto the preceding syllable.

Declension

Derived terms

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