Николаев

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Никола́й (Nikoláj), Нико́ла (Nikóla) (personal names) +‎ -ев (-ev).

The Ukrainian city (Ukrainian Микола́їв (Mykolájiv)) is named after Saint Nicholas, the patron of sailers.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nikoˈɫaɛf]

Proper noun

Никола́ев • (Nikoláev) (feminine Никола́ева)

1. a surname, Nikolaev

Alternative forms

• Нико́лов (Nikólov), Ко́лов (Kólov), Ко́лев (Kólev)

Proper noun

Никола́ев • (Nikoláev)

1. Mykolaiv (city in southern Ukraine, at the tributary of Ingul river into Southern Bug)

Alternative forms

• Микола́ив (Mikoláiv) — Ukrainian pronunciation

Related terms

• Нико́пол (Nikópol)

Russian

Etymology

Никола́й (Nikoláj) +‎ -ев (-ev)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nʲɪkɐˈɫa(j)ɪf]

Proper noun

Никола́ев • (Nikolájev) m anim or m inan (genitive Никола́ева, nominative plural Никола́евы, genitive plural Никола́евых, female equivalent Никола́ева, relational adjective никола́евский)

1. (animate) a surname, Nikolayev
2. (inanimate) Nikolayev (a khutor in Znamenka rural settlement, Morozovsk Raion, Rostov Oblast, Southern Federal District, Russia)
3. (inanimate) Mykolaiv (a village in Bobrovytsia urban hromada, Nizhyn Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1587)
4. (inanimate) Mykolaiv (a village in Chornyi Ostriv settlement hromada, Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1555)
5. (inanimate) Mykolaiv (a village in Lopatyn settlement hromada, Chervonohrad Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, founded before 1772)
6. (inanimate) Mykolaiv (a village in Davydiv rural hromada, Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1670)
7. (inanimate) Mykolaiv (a city, the administrative centre of Mykolaiv urban hromada, Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1570 near the River Dniester)
8. (inanimate) Mykolaiv (a city, the administrative centre of Mykolaiv urban hromada, Mykolaiv Raion and Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1789 at the confluence of the Inhul and the Southern Buh)

Declension

surname

Declension of Никола́ев (surname)

		masculine	feminine	plural
nominative		Никола́ев Nikolájev	Никола́ева Nikolájeva	Никола́евы Nikolájevy
genitive		Никола́ева Nikolájeva	Никола́евой Nikolájevoj	Никола́евых Nikolájevyx
dative		Никола́еву Nikolájevu	Никола́евой Nikolájevoj	Никола́евым Nikolájevym
accusative		Никола́ева Nikolájeva	Никола́еву Nikolájevu	Никола́евых Nikolájevyx
instrumental		Никола́евым Nikolájevym	Никола́евой, Никола́евою1 Nikolájevoj, Nikolájevoju1	Никола́евыми Nikolájevymi
prepositional		Никола́еве Nikolájeve	Никола́евой Nikolájevoj	Никола́евых Nikolájevyx

¹ Rare.

toponyms

Declension of Никола́ев (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	Никола́ев Nikolájev
genitive	Никола́ева Nikolájeva
dative	Никола́еву Nikolájevu
accusative	Никола́ев Nikolájev
instrumental	Никола́евом Nikolájevom
prepositional	Никола́еве Nikolájeve

Descendants

• → Armenian: Նիկոլաեւ (Nikolaew)
• → English: Nikolayev
• → German: Nikolajew

Adjective

Никола́ев • (Nikolájev)

1. Nikolai’s, Nicholas’s

Declension

Declension of Никола́ев (possessive)

		masculine	neuter	feminine	plural
nominative		Никола́ев Nikolájev	Никола́ево Nikolájevo	Никола́ева Nikolájeva	Никола́евы Nikolájevy
genitive		Никола́ева Nikolájeva		Никола́евой Nikolájevoj	Никола́евых Nikolájevyx
dative		Никола́еву Nikolájevu		Никола́евой Nikolájevoj	Никола́евым Nikolájevym
accusative	animate	Никола́ева Nikolájeva	Никола́ево Nikolájevo	Никола́еву Nikolájevu	Никола́евых Nikolájevyx
	inanimate	Никола́ев Nikolájev			Никола́евы Nikolájevy
instrumental		Никола́евым Nikolájevym		Никола́евой, Никола́евою Nikolájevoj, Nikolájevoju	Никола́евыми Nikolájevymi
prepositional		Никола́евом Nikolájevom		Никола́евой Nikolájevoj	Никола́евых Nikolájevyx

Further reading

• Николаев (значения) on the Russian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ru
• Николаев (Ростовская область) on the Russian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ru