соя

See also: Соя

Russian

соя

Etymology

From Satsuma Japanese 醤油 (そい, soi) [soj] (a variant of standard Japanese 醤油 (しょうゆ, shōyu)), from Old to Middle Japanese 醬油 (しやうゆ, shauyu), from Middle Chinese 醬油 (tsjàng-yuw), from 醬 (t͡sɨɐŋ^H, “bean paste”) + 油 (“oil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsojə]

Noun

со́я • (sója) f inan (genitive со́и, nominative plural со́и, genitive plural сой)

1. soy, soya
2. soybean

Declension

Declension of со́я (inan fem-form vowel-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	со́я sója	со́и sói
genitive	со́и sói	со́й sój
dative	со́е sóje	со́ям sójam
accusative	со́ю sóju	со́и sói
instrumental	со́ей, со́ею sójej, sójeju	со́ями sójami
prepositional	со́е sóje	со́ях sójax

Related terms

• со́евый (sójevyj)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “соя”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress