-ія
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ia"
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
- -ія: IPA(key): [ ijɐ]
- -і́я: IPA(key): [ ˈijɐ]
Etymology 1
Etymology tree
Ultimately from Latin -ia or Ancient Greek -ία (-ía), -εία (-eía); found only in words borrowed from other languages (compare German, French -ie).
Suffix
-ія or -і́я • (-ija or -íja) f
- singular feminine nominative of -ій (-ij): -y, -ia (frequently found as part of foreign borrowings, where it represents the foreign suffixes -y, -ia, -ie, etc.)
- -ion (frequently found as part of foreign borrowings, where it represents -ion, especially as part of -ція (-cija, “-tion”))
- Suffix used to create abstract nouns from nouns denoting persons.
- інжене́р (inženér, “engineer”) + -ія (-ija) → інжене́рія (inženérija, “engineering”)
- карто́граф (kartóhraf, “cartographer”) + -ія (-ija) → картогра́фія (kartohráfija, “cartography”)
Usage notes
- In the unstressed variant, the stress is frequently drawn onto the preceding syllable.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -́і́я -́íja |
-́і́ї -́íji |
| genitive | -́і́ї -́íji |
-́і́й -́íj |
| dative | -́і́ї -́íji |
-́і́ям -́íjam |
| accusative | -́і́ю -́íju |
-́і́ї -́íji |
| instrumental | -́і́єю -́íjeju |
-́і́ями -́íjamy |
| locative | -́і́ї -́íji |
-́і́ях -́íjax |
| vocative | -́і́є -́íje |
-́і́ї -́íji |
Derived terms
Ukrainian terms suffixed with -ія
See also
- -ла́ндія (-lándija), -ля́ндія (-ljándija), -ленд (-lend), -ланд (-land), -лєнд (-ljend), -ста́н (-stán), -іста́н (-istán), земля́ (zemljá), країна (krajina) (for a place's name)
- -і́йський (-íjsʹkyj) (for demonyms of places ending in -ія)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Suffix
-ія • (-ija) m
- genitive singular, accusative animate singular of -ій (-ij)