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имя

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See also: има, имѧ, імя, and ім'я

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic имѧ (imę), from Proto-Slavic *jьmę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *inˀmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Cognates include English name and noun, Old Prussian emmens, Sanskrit नामन् (nāman), Persian نام (nâm), Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), Latin nōmen.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈimʲə]
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Noun

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и́мя (ímjan inan (genitive и́мени, nominative plural имена́, genitive plural имён, relational adjective именно́й, diminutive и́мечко)

  1. name, first name, Christian name, given name (for inanimate things, see назва́ние (nazvánije))
    и́мя и о́тчествоímja i ótčestvofirst name and patronymic
    Заво́д и́мени Ста́линаZavód ímeni StálinaStalin Automobile Plant
    и́мя при рожде́нииímja pri roždéniibirth name
  2. (grammar) noun (broad sense)
    и́мя существи́тельноеímja suščestvítelʹnojenoun (narrow sense), substantive
    и́мя со́бственноеímja sóbstvennojeproper noun
    и́мя нарица́тельноеímja naricátelʹnojeappellative noun
    и́мя прилага́тельноеímja prilagátelʹnojeadjective
    и́мя числи́тельноеímja čislítelʹnojenumeral

Declension

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Derived terms

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Phrases
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Borrowed

Ultimately derived from Latin nōmen:

Ultimately derived from Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma):

See also

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “имя”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “имя”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 345
  • Shansky, N. M., editor (1980), “имя”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 7 (И), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 64
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “имя”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
  • Krylov, G. A. (2004) “имя”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN
  • Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “имя”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 156

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