Илья

Russian

Alternative forms

• Илия́ (Ilijá)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɪˈlʲja]
• Hyphenation: Иль‧я́

Proper noun

Илья́ • (Ilʹjá) m anim (genitive Ильи́, nominative plural Ильи́, genitive plural Иле́й)

1. a male given name, Ilya, equivalent to English Elijah or Elias

Declension

Declension of Илья́ (anim fem-form vowel-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	Илья́ Ilʹjá	Ильи́ Ilʹí
genitive	Ильи́ Ilʹí	Иле́й Iléj
dative	Илье́ Ilʹjé	Илья́м Ilʹjám
accusative	Илью́ Ilʹjú	Иле́й Iléj
instrumental	Ильёй, Ильёю Ilʹjój, Ilʹjóju	Илья́ми Ilʹjámi
prepositional	Илье́ Ilʹjé	Илья́х Ilʹjáx

Derived terms

• (Diminutives) Илю́ша (Iljúša), Илью́ша (Ilʹjúša), Илю́ха (Iljúxa)
• (Endearing) Илю́шенька (Iljúšenʹka), Илью́шенька (Ilʹjúšenʹka), Илю́шечка (Iljúšečka)
• (Patronymics) Ильи́ч (Ilʹíč), Ильи́нична (Ilʹínična, Ilʹínišna)
• (Surnames) Ильи́н (Ilʹín)

Two diminutive or endearing forms are common in modern Russian, Илю́ша (Iljúša) and Илью́ша (Ilʹjúša), which differ in soft-sign "ь". Both are correct. Traditionally, the root of the word is defined as "Иль", where soft-sign is mandatory.

Descendants

• → Armenian: Իլյա (Ilya)
• → Czech: Ilja
• → English: Ilya
• → Estonian: Ilja
• → German: Ilja
• → Latvian: Iļja
• → Slovak: Iľja