Соня

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Russian

Etymology

Clipping of Со́фья (Sófʹja) or Софи́я (Sofíja) + -ня (-nja)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Со́ня (Sónjaf anim (genitive Со́ни, nominative plural Со́ни, genitive plural Сонь, diminutive Со́нька or Со́нечка)

  1. a diminutive, Sonya, of the female given names Со́фья (Sófʹja) or Софи́я (Sofíja)
    • 1869, Лев Толстой [Leo Tolstoy], “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.

Declension

Descendants

  • English: Sonia, Sonya
  • Portuguese: Sônia, Sónia