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Russian
Etymology
Clipping of Со́фья (Sófʹja), Софі́я (Sofíja) or Софи́я (Sofíja) + -ня (-nja)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Со́ня • (Sónja) f anim (genitive Со́ни, nominative plural Со́ни, genitive plural Сонь, diminutive Со́нька or Со́нечка)
- a diminutive, Sonya, of the female given names Со́фья (Sófʹja), Софи́я (Sofíja), or Софі́я (Sofíja)
1869, Лев Толстой , “Том 2, Часть пятая, XV”, in Война и мир; English translation from Aylmer and Louise Maude, transl., War and Peace, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1922–1923:И вдруг Со́не ста́ло я́сно, что у Ната́ши был како́й-нибудь стра́шный план на ны́нешний ве́чер. Со́ня постуча́лась к ней. Ната́ша не пусти́ла её.- I vdrug Sóne stálo jásno, što u Natáši byl kakój-nibudʹ strášnyj plan na nýnešnij véčer. Sónja postučálasʹ k nej. Natáša ne pustíla jejó.
- Then suddenly it became clear to Sónya that Natásha had some dreadful plan for that evening. Sónya knocked at her door. Natásha did not let her in.
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Ukrainian
Etymology
Clipping of Со́фья (Sófʹja), Софі́я (Sofíja) or Софи́я (Sofíja) + -ня (-nja)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Со́ня • (Sónja) f pers (genitive Со́ні, nominative plural Со́ні, genitive plural Сонь, diminutive Со́нька or Со́нечка)
- a diminutive, Sonya, of the female given names Со́фья (Sófʹja), Софи́я (Sofýja), or Софі́я (Sofíja)
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