Олеся
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Ukrainian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Оле́ся • (Olésja) f pers (genitive Оле́сі, nominative plural Оле́сі, genitive plural Оле́сь)
- a diminutive, Olesya, of the female given name Олекса́ндра (Oleksándra), equivalent to English Alexa
Declension[edit]
Although Ukrainian soft feminine-form nouns usually take the ending -е in the vocative singular, the vocative singular of Олеся is typically formed as Оле́сю (Olésju) rather than *Оле́се.[1]
Declension of Оле́ся (pers soft fem-form accent-a)
Derived terms[edit]
- Ле́ся f (Lésja) (diminutive)
Related terms[edit]
- Оле́сь m (Olésʹ)
- Олекса́ндр m (Oleksándr)
References[edit]
- ^ Катерина Городенська (2012) “Кличмо їх Лесю, Олесю, Орисю”, in Культура слова [Culture of the Word][1], number 77, NASU Institute of Ukrainian Language, →ISSN, page 189
Further reading[edit]
- “Олеся”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
- “Олеся”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “Олеся”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)
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- Ukrainian terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Ukrainian proper nouns
- Ukrainian feminine nouns
- Ukrainian personal nouns
- Ukrainian given names
- Ukrainian female given names
- Ukrainian diminutives of female given names
- Ukrainian soft feminine-form nouns
- Ukrainian soft feminine-form accent-a nouns
- Ukrainian nouns with accent pattern a