Сергей

Russian

Alternative forms

• Сергѣ́й (Sergě́j) (Pre-reform orthography (1918))

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Sergius, which also gave Greek Σέργιος (Sérgios), Italian Sergio, French Serge etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʲɪrˈɡʲej]

Proper noun

Серге́й • (Sergéj) m anim (genitive Серге́я, nominative plural Серге́и, genitive plural Серге́ев)

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Sergey or Sergei

Declension

Declension of Серге́й (anim masc-form vowel-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	Серге́й Sergéj	Серге́и Sergéi
genitive	Серге́я Sergéja	Серге́ев Sergéjev
dative	Серге́ю Sergéju	Серге́ям Sergéjam
accusative	Серге́я Sergéja	Серге́ев Sergéjev
instrumental	Серге́ем Sergéjem	Серге́ями Sergéjami
prepositional	Серге́е Sergéje	Серге́ях Sergéjax

Derived terms

• Серге́ев (Sergéjev) (surname)
• Серге́евич (Sergéjevič), Серге́евна (Sergéjevna) (patronymics)

 

Descendants

• → Arabic: سيرجي (sergey)
• → Armenian: Սերգեյ (Sergey)
• → Bulgarian: Серге́й (Sergéj)
• Chinese:

  → Mandarin: 謝爾蓋／谢尔盖 (Xiè'ěrgài), 谢尔盖 (Xiè'ěrgài)

• → English: Sergey, Sergei
• → Estonian: Sergei
• → German: Sergei, Sergej
• → Japanese: セルゲイ (Serugei)
• → Latvian: Sergejs
• → Lithuanian: Sergejus
• → Macedonian: Серге́ј (Sergéj)
• → Persian: سرگی (Sergey), سرگئی (Sergei)
• → Slovene: Sergej