Илья

Russian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɪˈlʲja]
  • Hyphenation: Иль‧я́

Proper noun

Илья́ • (Ilʹjá) m anim (genitive Ильи́, nominative plural Ильи́, genitive plural Иле́й)

  1. a male given name, Ilya, equivalent to English Elijah or Elias

Declension

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. Traditionally, the root of the word is defined as "Иль", where soft-sign is mandatory.

Descendants

  • Armenian: Իլյա (Ilya)
  • Czech: Ilja
  • English: Ilya
  • Estonian: Ilja
  • German: Ilja
  • Latvian: Iļja
  • Slovak: Iľja
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