Сергей

Russian

Alternative forms

Сергѣ́й (Sergě́j) — pre-1918 spelling

Etymology

Etymology tree

Etruscanbor.?

Latin Sergiusbor.

Ancient Greek Σέργιος (Sérgios)lbor.

Russian Сергей

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Σέργιος (Sérgios), borrowed from Latin Sergius, possibly borrowed from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

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

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

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