Коля

See also: коля and кола

Russian

Etymology

Clipping of Никола́й (Nikoláj) + -я (-ja, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkolʲə]
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Proper noun

Ко́ля • (Kólja) m anim (genitive Ко́ли, nominative plural Ко́ли, genitive plural Коль)

  1. a diminutive, Kolya, of the male given name Никола́й (Nikoláj), equivalent to English Nick

Declension
Declension of Ко́ля (anim fem-form soft-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative Ко́ля
Kólja		 Ко́ли
Kóli
genitive Ко́ли
Kóli		 Ко́ль
Kólʹ
dative Ко́ле
Kóle		 Ко́лям
Kóljam
accusative Ко́лю
Kólju		 Ко́ль
Kólʹ
instrumental Ко́лей, Ко́лею
Kólej, Kóleju		 Ко́лями
Kóljami
prepositional Ко́ле
Kóle		 Ко́лях
Kóljax
vocative Ко́ль*
Kólʹ*

* Colloquial.

Descendants
  • → Ingrian: Kolja
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