ея

See also: ея̈

Russian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic еѣ (jejě), ѥѣ (jejě), further from Proto-Slavic *jeję̇. Spelling comes from Old Church Slavonic ѥѩ (jeję).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [(j)ɪˈjɵ] (phonetic respelling: её)

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Pronoun

ея • (jejǫ́)

1. alternative spelling of ея̈ (jejǫ́); pre-1918 spelling of её (jejó, possessive pronoun and genitive of the personal pronoun).

   Смерть буржуазии и ея прихвостням, да здравствует красный террор!

   [Смерть буржуази́и и её при́хвостням, да здра́вствует кра́сный терро́р!]

   Smertʹ buržuazíi i jejǫ́ príxvostnjam, da zdrávstvujet krásnyj terrór!

   Death to the bourgeoisie and its lackeys – Long live the Red Terror! (inscription on a banner displayed at Moisei Uritsky's funeral in 1918; the inscription conserves the old spelling ея but otherwise follows the spelling reform)

   • 1896, Fr. Lerche, Rysk-svensk ordbok [Russian-Swedish Dictionary], page 882:

     красота́ ея́ [увя]да́етъ

     [красота́ её [увя]да́етъ]

     krasotá jejǫ́ [uvja]dájet

     Her beauty fades

Usage notes

• ея (jeja) is one of the few Russian terms in pre-1918 orthography in which a stressed я (ja) is pronounced like the letter ё (jo). It is therefore written with a diaeresis in a similar fashion: я̈ (jǫ).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ѥѩ (jeję), from Proto-Slavic *jeję̇.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [(j)ɪˈja]

Pronoun

ея́ • (jejá) f

1. (archaic or highly formal) alternative form of ея̈ (jejǫ́)