імя

See also: имя, има, имѧ, and ім'я

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic имѧ (imę), from Old Ruthenian имѧ́ (imjá), from Proto-Slavic *jь̏mę.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jiˈmʲa]
• (after non-velar consonants) IPA^(key): [ɨˈmʲa]

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: імя

Noun

імя́ • (imjá) n inan (genitive імя́ or і́мені, nominative plural і́мі or імёны)

1. name (a person's personal name given at birth)
2. name (the name of objects, animals, phenomena, concepts, etc.)
3. fame, glory, popularity
4. reputation

Declension

Declension of імя́

	singular	plural
nominative	імя́ imjá	і́мі, імёны ími, imjóny
genitive	імя́, і́мені imjá, ímjeni	і́мяў, імён, імёнаў ímjaŭ, imjón, imjónaŭ
dative	і́мю, і́мені ímju, ímjeni	і́мям, імёнам ímjam, imjónam
accusative	імя́ imjá	і́мі, імёны ími, imjóny
instrumental	і́мем, і́менем ímjem, ímjenjem	і́мямі, імёнамі ímjami, imjónami
locative	і́мі, і́мені ími, ímjeni	і́мях, імёнах ímjax, imjónax

References

• “імя”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “імя” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org