ея

See also: ея̈

Russian

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): [(j)ɪˈjɵ] (phonetic respelling: её)

Pronoun

ея • (jejǫ́)

  1. alternative spelling of ея̈ (jejǫ́); pre-1918 spelling of её (jejó, possessive pronoun and genitive of the personal pronoun).
    Смерть буржуазии и ея прихвостням, да здравствует красный террор!
    [Смерть буржуази́и и её при́хвостням, да здра́вствует кра́сный терро́р!]
    Smertʹ buržuazíi i jejǫ́ príxvostnjam, da zdrávstvujet krásnyj terrór!
    Death to the bourgeoisie and its lackeys – Long live the Red Terror! (inscription on a banner displayed at Moisei Uritsky's funeral in 1918; the inscription conserves the old spelling ея but otherwise follows the spelling reform)
    • 1896, Fr. Lerche, Rysk-svensk ordbok [Russian-Swedish Dictionary], page 882:
      красота́ ея́ [увя]да́етъ
      [красота́ её [увя]да́етъ]
      krasotá jejǫ́ [uvja]dájet
      Her beauty fades
Usage notes
  • ея (jeja) is one of the few Russian terms in pre-1918 orthography in which a stressed я (ja) is pronounced like the letter ё (jo). It is therefore written with a diaeresis in a similar fashion: я̈ ().

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): [(j)ɪˈja]

Pronoun

ея́ • (jejáf

  1. (archaic or highly formal) alternative form of ея̈ (jejǫ́)