-'я
Ukrainian
Alternative forms
- -я (-ja)
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic -ьѥ, -ье (-ĭje, -ĭje), from Proto-Slavic *-ьje. Doublet of -ие (-ye), a borrowing from Church Slavonic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʲə]
Suffix
-'я • (-ʺja) n
- Abstract noun suffix; forms part of larger suffixes and exists on its own especially as a suffix added to compound words.
- Suffix used to create names of locations in conjunction with prefixes.
- при- (pry-) + Дністер (Dnister, “Dniester”) + -о́в (-óv) + -'я (-ʺja) → Придністро́в'я (Prydnistróvʺja, “Transnistria”)
Usage notes
- The stress is drawn onto the preceding syllable.
- A velar may turn into a palatal as a result of the Slavic first palatalization
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | -'я́ -ʺjá |
| genitive | -'я́ -ʺjá |
| dative | -'ю́ -ʺjú |
| accusative | -'я́ -ʺjá |
| instrumental | -'я́м -ʺjám |
| locative | -'ї́ -ʺjí |
| vocative | -'я́ -ʺjá |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -'я́ -ʺjá |
-'я́ -ʺjá |
| genitive | -'я́ -ʺjá |
-'ї́в -ʺjív |
| dative | -'ю́ -ʺjú |
-'я́м -ʺjám |
| accusative | -'я́ -ʺjá |
-'я́ -ʺjá |
| instrumental | -'я́м -ʺjám |
-'я́ми -ʺjámy |
| locative | -'ї́ -ʺjí |
-'я́х -ʺjáx |
| vocative | -'я́ -ʺjá |
-'я́ -ʺjá |
Ukrainian terms suffixed with -'я