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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic имѧ (imę), from Proto-Slavic *jьmę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inˀmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.
Cognates include English name and noun, Old Prussian emmens, Sanskrit नामन् (nāman), Persian نام (nâm), Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), Latin nōmen.
Pronunciation
Noun
и́мя • (ímja) n inan (genitive и́мени, nominative plural имена́, genitive plural имён, relational adjective именно́й, diminutive и́мечко)
- name, first name, Christian name, given name (for inanimate things, see назва́ние (nazvánije))
- и́мя и о́тчество ― ímja i ótčestvo ― first name and patronymic
- Заво́д и́мени Ста́лина ― Zavód ímeni Stálina ― Stalin Automobile Plant
- и́мя при рожде́нии ― ímja pri roždénii ― birth name
- (grammar) noun (broad sense)
- и́мя существи́тельное ― ímja suščestvítelʹnoje ― noun (narrow sense), substantive
- и́мя со́бственное ― ímja sóbstvennoje ― proper noun
- и́мя нарица́тельное ― ímja naricátelʹnoje ― appellative noun
- и́мя прилага́тельное ― ímja prilagátelʹnoje ― adjective
- и́мя числи́тельное ― ímja čislítelʹnoje ― numeral
Declension
Derived terms
- Phrases
- Borrowed
Ultimately derived from Latin nōmen:
Ultimately derived from Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma):
See also
- тёзка m anim or f anim (tjózka)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “имя”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “имя”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 345
- Shansky, N. M., editor (1980), “имя”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), volume 2, number 7 (И), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 64
- Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “имя”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
- Krylov, G. A. (2004) “имя”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN
- Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “имя”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 156
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