-ация

Russian

Etymology

From Latin -ātiō, an alternative form of -tiō.

Suffix

-а́ция • (-ácija) f

1. -ation

Usage notes

• Frequently added to Latinate verbs ending in -и́ровать (-írovatʹ), -ова́ть (-ovátʹ) or -овать (-ovatʹ), where it replaces the entire suffix. It is often difficult to tell native Russian formations of this sort from those where a Latinate foreign noun ending in English -ation, French -ation, Italian -azione, etc. was borrowed directly.

Declension

Declension of -а́ция (inan fem-form i-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	-а́ция -ácija	-а́ции -ácii
genitive	-а́ции -ácii	-а́ций -ácij
dative	-а́ции -ácii	-а́циям -ácijam
accusative	-а́цию -áciju	-а́ции -ácii
instrumental	-а́цией, -а́циею -ácijej, -ácijeju	-а́циями -ácijami
prepositional	-а́ции -ácii	-а́циях -ácijax

Derived terms

Russian terms suffixed with -ация