Sofija
Appearance
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1508. Ultimately from Ancient Greek σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”).
Proper noun
[edit]Sofija f
- Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Sophia
References
[edit]- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- [1] Population Register of Latvia: Sofija was the only given name of 3010 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.
Lithuanian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sofija f
- Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Sophia
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Ancient Greek Σοφίᾱ (Sophíā, “wisdom”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sòfija f (Cyrillic spelling Со̀фија, demonym Sofijac, female demonym Sofijka)
- Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
- a female given name from Greek, equivalent to English Sophia
Declension
[edit]Declension of Sofija
Further reading
[edit]- “Sofija”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2026
Slovene
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sófija f
- Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Sophia
Declension
[edit]| Feminine, a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Sófija | |
| genitive | Sófije | |
| singular | ||
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Sófija | |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Sófije | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
Sófiji | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Sófijo | |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Sófiji | |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Sófijo | |
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Sofija”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026
Categories:
- Latvian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian proper nouns
- Latvian feminine nouns
- lv:Sofia
- lv:Cities in Bulgaria
- lv:National capitals
- lv:Places in Bulgaria
- Latvian given names
- Latvian female given names
- Latvian female given names from Ancient Greek
- Lithuanian 3-syllable words
- Lithuanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Lithuanian/ɔfʲɪjɛ
- Rhymes:Lithuanian/ɔfʲɪjɛ/3 syllables
- Lithuanian lemmas
- Lithuanian proper nouns
- Lithuanian feminine nouns
- lt:Sofia
- lt:Cities in Bulgaria
- lt:National capitals
- lt:Places in Bulgaria
- Lithuanian given names
- Lithuanian female given names
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Serbo-Croatian/ija
- Rhymes:Serbo-Croatian/ija/3 syllables
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns
- sh:Sofia
- sh:Cities in Bulgaria
- sh:National capitals
- sh:Places in Bulgaria
- Serbo-Croatian given names
- Serbo-Croatian female given names
- Serbo-Croatian female given names from Greek
- Slovene 3-syllable words
- Slovene terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovene lemmas
- Slovene proper nouns
- Slovene feminine nouns
- sl:Sofia
- sl:Cities in Bulgaria
- sl:National capitals
- sl:Places in Bulgaria
- Slovene given names
- Slovene female given names
- Slovene feminine a-stem nouns


