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Old Church Slavonic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *-ьja.
Suffix
-ьꙗ • (-ĭja) f
- Denominal, forming collective nouns or abstract nouns with hyperbolic connotation
- дивъ (divŭ, “wild”) + -ьꙗ (-ĭja) → дивьꙗ (divĭja, “recklessness”)
- оутро (utro, “morning”) + -ьꙗ (-ĭja) → оутрьꙗ (utrĭja, “dawn, morning”)
- братръ (bratrŭ, “brother”) + -ьꙗ (-ĭja) → братрьꙗ (bratrĭja, “brothers, brethren”)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ancient Greek -ία (-ía), -εια (-eia), -εῖον (-eîon), Greek -ή (-í), -ί (-í); found in loanwords.
- -їа (-ia) — Emulating the Greek orthography
Suffix
-ьꙗ • (-ĭja) f
- -ia, -y
- Greek Ἀβιληνή (Abilēnḗ) → Авилиньꙗ (Avilinĭja, “(biblical) Abilene (a region of Syria)”)
- Greek Ἀγαθόκλεια (Agathókleia) → Агаѳокльꙗ (Agaθoklĭja, “Agathokleia”)
- Greek Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia) → Академьꙗ (Akademĭja, “Akademeia”)
Declension
Declension of -ьꙗ (soft a-stem)
Derived terms