Alexej

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Алексе́й (Alekséj), from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξιος (Aléxios).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈalɛksɛj]

Proper noun

Alexej m anim

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexius

Declension

Declension of Alexej (soft masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Alexej	Alexejové
genitive	Alexeje	Alexejů
dative	Alexejovi, Alexeji	Alexejům
accusative	Alexeje	Alexeje
vocative	Alexeji	Alexejové
locative	Alexejovi, Alexeji	Alexejích
instrumental	Alexejem	Alexeji

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Russian Алексе́й (Alekséj), from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξιος (Aléxios).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalɛksɛj/

Proper noun

Alexej m anim (genitive singular Alexeja, nominative plural Alexejovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexius

Declension

Declension of Alexej

	singular	plural
nominative	Alexej	Alexejovia
genitive	Alexeja	Alexejov
dative	Alexejovi	Alexejom
accusative	Alexeja	Alexejov
locative	Alexejovi	Alexejoch
instrumental	Alexejom	Alexejmi

Derived terms

• Alex
• Lex
• Ľoša

 

Further reading

• “Alexej”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024