-ия

ја и-а -ја Bulgarian Etymology 1 bg noun :inh cu:-иꙗ 1 1 This suffix also superseded the obsolete ending sla-pro *-i in archaic ī-stem nouns. Suffix bg suffix f Forms abstract or action nouns with hyperbolic meaning: -ity, -ery, -ness From abstract nouns: bg разбо́р analysis, distribution → bg неразбори́я chaos, mess bg чу́до wonder → bg чудеси́я miracle bg у́жас horror → bg ужаси́я horridness bg роб slave → bg роби́я slavery obsolete From adjectives/participles: bg ла́ком greedy → bg лакоми́я gluttony bg прокле́т cursed → bg проклети́я damnation From verbs: bg но́ся to wear → bg носи́я suite, fashion trend bg во́зя to ride, convey → bg вози́я ride bg търгу́вам to trade → bg търгови́я commerce bg разпра́вям се to argue → bg разправи́я scandal, arguing From adverbs: bg о́коло around → bg око́лия administrative unit From interjections: bg о́леле oh my god → bg олели́я hullabaloo Declension -и́я<> Derived terms bg -оти́я bg -ори́я Suffix bg suffix f p Forms feminine counterparts to archaic substantivized adjectives: bg сват m relative, kinsman → bg сва́тя f kinswoman sla-pro *svy swinine → bg свиня́ f sow Forms plural forms of archaic ter-stem agent nouns: bg брат s brother → bg бра́тя p brothers bg ма́тер s mother archaic → bg ма́тя p mothers obsolete archaic Declension -и́я<> Alternative forms bg -я reduced Related terms bg -ий, bg -ей bg -ие, bg -ье Suffix bg suffix f m Denotes agents, from archaic ī-stem nouns of native origin: sla-pro *sǫdi → bg съдия́ judge sla-pro *svęti → bg свети́я saint sla-pro *věti → bg вити́я orator obsolete sla-pro *badli → bg ба́лия healer archaic obsolete Denotes objects/events, from archaic ī-stem nouns of native origin: sla-pro *mъldni → bg мъ́лния bolt sla-pro *oldi → bg лади́я boat Denotes agents, from i/u-stem nouns borrowed from Turkish: tr gidi swindler → bg гиди́я crazyhead dialectal tr kadi judge → bg кади́я qadi, Muslim judge dialectal Denotes tools/objects, from i/u-stem nouns borrowed from Turkish: tr gemi boat → bg геми́я sailboat tr boru duct → bg бури́я oven pipe dialectal Declension -и́я<> Derived terms bg -лия in Turkish borrowings bg -чия/bg -джия in Turkish borrowings Etymology 2 bg Greek :lbor<conj:and> grc:-ία grc:-εια<id:base-σ> grc:-εῖον 1 1 1, found in loanwords. Suffix bg suffix f -ia, -y el κουτί → bg кути́я box el πηχτή → bg пихти́я jelly grc στοιχεῖον → bg стихи́я natural force grc κατηγορία, grc ἀλληγορία → bg катего́рия category, bg алего́рия allegory grc ἀπάθεια → bg апа́тия apathy grc πολυγαμία → bg полига́мия polygamy Forms names of sciences and doctrines: grc φιλοσοφία → la philosophia → bg филосо́фия philosophy grc θεολογία → la theologia → bg теоло́гия theology grc ἀναρχία → la anarchia → bg ана́рхия anarchy grc ἱστορία → la historia → bg исто́рия history la biologia → bg биоло́гия biology la chēmia → bg хи́мия chemistry Forms names of geographical locations: Country or state names: bg България Bulgaria bg Калифорния California Continent or subcontinent names: bg Азия Asia bg Индия India Large islands or inland areas: bg Гренландия Greenland bg Месопотамия Mesopotamia Fictional/mythological places: bg Ария Arya mythical place in Zoroastrian/Vedic religion bg Мория Moria fictional place in the "Lord of the Rings" saga Etymology 3 bg Latin :lbor la:-ia 1 1 1, found in loanwords. Suffix bg suffix f -ia, -y la furia → bg фури́я stormwind la māteria → bg мате́рия matter it aria → bg а́рия aria it legia → bg ле́гия legion Derived terms bg -ция technically from la -tiō bg -о́рия technically from la -ōrium Derived terms bg Russian Etymology Ultimately from ru la -ia or ru grc -ία, grc -εία; found only in words borrowed from other languages (compare German, fr -ie). Pronunciation y -и́я y Suffix ru suffix -ия -и́я f ru -ий s f nom: -y, -ia frequently found as part of foreign borrowings, where it represents the foreign suffixes -y, -ia, -ie, etc. -ion frequently found as part of foreign borrowings, where it represents -ion, especially as part of ru -ция -tion Suffix used to create abstract nouns from nouns denoting persons. ru инжене́р engineer инжене́рия engineering ru бухга́лтер bugálter, buhálter accountant бухгалте́рия bugaltérija, buhaltérija accounting ru карто́граф cartographer картогра́фия cartography ru укро́п Ukrainian pejorative Укро́пия Ukraine pejorative Usage notes In the unstressed variant, the stress is frequently drawn onto the preceding syllable. Declension -ия or -и́я Derived terms ru Descendants mn - 1 mn -и -∅ 1 See also ru -ла́ндия, ru -ля́ндия, ru -лэнд, ru -ланд, ru -ленд, ru -ста́н, ru -иста́н, ru земля́, ru страна́ (for a place's name) ru -и́йский (for demonyms of places ending in -ия)