Коля

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See also: коля, and кола

Russian

Etymology

Clipping of Никола́й (Nikoláj) + -я (-ja, diminutive suffix).

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Proper noun

Ко́ля • (Kólja) m anim (genitive Ко́ли, nominative plural Ко́ли, genitive plural Коль)

  1. a diminutive, Kolya, of the male given name Никола́й (Nikoláj), equivalent to English Nick

Declension

Declension of Ко́ля (anim fem-form soft-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative Ко́ля
Kólja 		Ко́ли
Kóli
genitive Ко́ли
Kóli 		Ко́ль
Kólʹ
dative Ко́ле
Kóle 		Ко́лям
Kóljam
accusative Ко́лю
Kólju 		Ко́ль
Kólʹ
instrumental Ко́лей, Ко́лею
Kólej, Kóleju 		Ко́лями
Kóljami
prepositional Ко́ле
Kóle 		Ко́лях
Kóljax
vocative Ко́ль*
Kólʹ*

* Colloquial.

Descendants

  • → Ingrian: Kolja
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