Zoja
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian Зо́я (Zója), equivalent to Czech Zoe and English Zoe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzoja]
Proper noun
Zoja f (relational adjective Zojin)
- a female given name
Declension
Declension of Zoja (mixed feminine)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Zoja | Zoji, Zoje |
| genitive | Zoji, Zoje | Zoj, Zojí |
| dative | Zoje, Zoji | Zojám, Zojím |
| accusative | Zoju | Zoji, Zoje |
| vocative | Zojo | Zoji, Zoje |
| locative | Zoje, Zoji | Zojách, Zojích |
| instrumental | Zojou | Zojami, Zojemi |
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in early 20th century. From Russian Зо́я (Zója). Cognate with English Zoe.
Proper noun
Zoja f
- a female given name
- a transliteration of the Russian female given name Зо́я (Zója)
References
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- [1] Population Register of Latvia: Zoja was the only given name of 3452 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.
Slovak
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian Зо́я (Zója).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzɔja]
Proper noun
Zoja f
- a female given name
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Zoja | Zoje |
| genitive | Zoje | Zojí |
| dative | Zoji | Zojam |
| accusative | Zoju | Zoje |
| locative | Zoji | Zojach |
| instrumental | Zojou | Zojami |
Further reading
- “Zoja”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zɔja/
Proper noun
Zoja f
- a female given name
Declension
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | Zoja | ||
| gen. sing. | Zoje | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Zoja | Zoji | Zoje |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Zoje | Zoj | Zoj |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
Zoji | Zojama | Zojam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Zojo | Zoji | Zoje |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Zoji | Zojah | Zojah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Zojo | Zojama | Zojami |