-ия

See also: ја, и-а, and -ја

Russian

Ultimately from Latin -ia or Ancient Greek -ία (-ía), -εία (-eía); found only in words borrowed from other languages (compare German, French -ie).

-ия or -и́я • (-ija or -íja) f

singular feminine nominative of -ий (-ij): -y, -ia (frequently found as part of foreign borrowings, where it represents the foreign suffixes -y, -ia, -ie, etc.)
-ion (frequently found as part of foreign borrowings, where it represents -ion, especially as part of -ция (-cija, “-tion”))
Suffix used to create abstract nouns from nouns denoting persons.
‎инжене́р (inženér, “engineer”) + ‎-ия (-ija) → ‎инжене́рия (inženérija, “engineering”)

‎бухга́лтер (bugálter, buhálter, “accountant”) + ‎-ия (-ija) → ‎бухгалте́рия (bugaltérija, buhaltérija, “accounting”)

‎карто́граф (kartógraf, “cartographer”) + ‎-ия (-ija) → ‎картогра́фия (kartográfija, “cartography”)

‎укро́п (ukróp, “Ukrainian (pejorative)”) + ‎-ия (-ija) → ‎Укро́пия (Ukrópija, “Ukraine (pejorative)”)

In the unstressed variant, the stress is frequently drawn onto the preceding syllable.

Declension of -ия, -и́я (inan fem-form i-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	-ия, -и́я -ija, -íja	-ии, -и́и -ii, -íi
genitive	-ии, -и́и -ii, -íi	-ий, -и́й -ij, -íj
dative	-ии, -и́и -ii, -íi	-иям, -и́ям -ijam, -íjam
accusative	-ию, -и́ю -iju, -íju	-ии, -и́и -ii, -íi
instrumental	-ией, -иею, -и́ей, -и́ею -ijej, -ijeju, -íjej, -íjeju	-иями, -и́ями -ijami, -íjami
prepositional	-ии, -и́и -ii, -íi	-иях, -и́ях -ijax, -íjax