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Meaning of -ия | Babel Free

Phrase feminine CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Forms abstract or action nouns with hyperbolic meaning: -ity, -ery, -ness
  2. Forms feminine counterparts to archaic substantivized adjectives
  3. Denotes agents, from archaic ī-stem nouns of native origin
  4. -ia, -y
  5. Forms plural forms of archaic ter-stem agent nouns
  6. Denotes objects/events, from archaic ī-stem nouns of native origin
  7. Forms names of sciences and doctrines
  8. Denotes agents, from i/u-stem nouns borrowed from Turkish
  9. Forms names of geographical locations
  10. Denotes tools/objects, from i/u-stem nouns borrowed from Turkish

Examples

“разбо́р (razbór, “analysis, distribution”) → неразбори́я (nerazboríja, “chaos, mess”) чу́до (čúdo, “wonder”) → чудеси́я (čudesíja, “miracle”) у́жас (úžas, “horror”) → ужаси́я (užasíja, “horridness”) роб (rob, “slave”) → роби́я (robíja, “slavery”) (obsolete)”
“ла́ком (lákom, “greedy”) → лакоми́я (lakomíja, “gluttony”) прокле́т (proklét, “cursed”) → проклети́я (prokletíja, “damnation”)”
“но́ся (nósja, “to wear”) → носи́я (nosíja, “suite, fashion trend”) во́зя (vózja, “to ride, convey”) → вози́я (vozíja, “ride”) търгу́вам (tǎrgúvam, “to trade”) → търгови́я (tǎrgovíja, “commerce”) разпра́вям се (razprávjam se, “to argue”) → разправи́я (razpravíja, “scandal, arguing”)”
“о́коло (ókolo, “around”) → око́лия (okólija, “administrative unit”)”
“о́леле (ólele, “oh my god”) → олели́я (olelíja, “hullabaloo”)”
“сват m (svat, “relative, kinsman”) → сва́тя f (svátja, “kinswoman”)”
“svy (“swinine”) → свиня́ f (svinjá, “sow”)”
“брат sg (brat, “brother”) → бра́тя pl (brátja, “brothers”)”
“ма́тер sg (máter, “mother”) (archaic) → ма́тя pl (mátja, “mothers”) (obsolete, archaic)”
“sǫdi → съдия́ (sǎdijá, “judge”)”
“svęti → свети́я (svetíja, “saint”)”
“věti → вити́я (vitíja, “orator”) (obsolete)”
“badli → ба́лия (bálija, “healer”) (archaic, obsolete)”
“mъldni → мъ́лния (mǎ́lnija, “bolt”)”
“oldi → лади́я (ladíja, “boat”)”
“Turkish gidi (“swindler”) → гиди́я (gidíja, “crazyhead”) (dialectal)”
“Turkish kadi (“judge”) → кади́я (kadíja, “qadi, Muslim judge”) (dialectal)”
“Turkish gemi (“boat”) → геми́я (gemíja, “sailboat”)”
“Turkish boru (“duct”) → бури́я (buríja, “oven pipe”) (dialectal)”
“Greek κουτί (koutí) → кути́я (kutíja, “box”)”
“Greek πηχτή (pichtí) → пихти́я (pihtíja, “jelly”)”
“Ancient Greek στοιχεῖον (stoikheîon) → стихи́я (stihíja, “natural force”)”
“Ancient Greek κατηγορία (katēgoría), ἀλληγορία (allēgoría) → катего́рия (kategórija, “category”), алего́рия (alegórija, “allegory”)”
“Ancient Greek ἀπάθεια (apátheia) → апа́тия (apátija, “apathy”)”
“Ancient Greek πολυγαμία (polugamía) → полига́мия (poligámija, “polygamy”)”
“Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía) → Latin philosophia → филосо́фия (filosófija, “philosophy”)”
“Ancient Greek θεολογία (theología) → Latin theologia → теоло́гия (teológija, “theology”)”
“Ancient Greek ἀναρχία (anarkhía) → Latin anarchia → ана́рхия (anárhija, “anarchy”)”
“Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía) → Latin historia → исто́рия (istórija, “history”)”
“Latin biologia → биоло́гия (biológija, “biology”)”
“Latin chēmia → хи́мия (hímija, “chemistry”)”
“България (Bǎlgarija, “Bulgaria”) Калифорния (Kalifornija, “California”)”
“Азия (Azija, “Asia”) Индия (Indija, “India”)”
“Гренладния (Grenladnija, “Greenland”) Месопотамия (Mesopotamija, “Mesopotamia”)”
“Ария (Arija, “Arya”) (mythical place in Zoroastrian/Vedic religion) Мория (Morija, “Moria”) (fictional place in the "Lord of the rings" saga)”
“Latin furia → фури́я (furíja, “stormwind”)”
“Latin māteria → мате́рия (matérija, “matter”)”
“Italian aria → а́рия (árija, “aria”)”
“Italian legia → ле́гия (légija, “legion”)”

CEFR level

C2
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