ея̈

See also: ея

Russian

Alternative forms

• ея́ (jejá) — archaic or highly formal
• нея̈ (nejǫ́) — personal pronoun when used after a preposition

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [(j)ɪˈjɵ] (phonetic respelling: её)

Pronoun

ея̈ • (jejǫ́) f

1. Pre-1918 spelling of её (jejó):
   1. (possessive) her, its
      • 1896, Fr. Lerche, Rysk-svensk ordbok [Russian-Swedish Dictionary], page 908:

        какъ ея̈ фами́лія[?]

        [как её фами́лия[?]]

        kak jejǫ́ famílija[?]

        What's her family name?

   2. genitive of она́ (oná)

Usage notes

• ея̈ (jejǫ́) is one of the few Russian terms in pre-1918 orthography in which a stressed я (ja) is pronounced like the letter ё (jo). It is therefore written with a diaeresis in a similar fashion: я̈ (jǫ). Note that in pre-reform spelling, it was orthographically distinct from её (jejó, accusative of the personal pronoun), though the two were pronounced the same. Following the reform, the two spellings were merged as её (jejó).

Declension

Pre-1918 declension of Russian personal pronouns

	singular						plural					reflexive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person				1st person	2nd person	3rd person
			m	n	f				m / n	f
nominative	я (ja)	ты (ty)	онъ (on)	оно́ (onó)	она́ (oná)		мы (my)	вы (vy)	они́ (oní)	онѣ́ (oně́)		—
genitive	меня́ (menjá)	тебя́ (tebjá)	его́ 1, него́ 1 2 (jevó, nevó)		ея́ 3, нея́ 2 3 (jejá, nejá)		насъ (nas)	васъ (vas)	ихъ, нихъ 2 (ix, nix)			себя́ (sebjá)
dative	мнѣ (mně)	тебѣ́ (tebě́)	ему́, нему́ 2 (jemú, nemú)		ей, ней 2 (jej, nej)		намъ (nam)	вамъ (vam)	имъ, нимъ 2 (im, nim)			себѣ́ (sebě́)
accusative	меня́ (menjá)	тебя́ (tebjá)	его́ 1, него́ 1 2 (jevó, nevó)		её, неё 2 (jejó, nejó)		насъ (nas)	васъ (vas)	ихъ, нихъ 2 (ix, nix)			себя́ (sebjá)
instrumental	мной, мно́ю 4 (mnoj, mnóju)	тобо́й, тобо́ю 4 (tobój, tobóju)	имъ, нимъ 2 (im, nim)		ей, ней 2, е́ю 4, не́ю 2 4 (jej, nej, jéju, néju)		на́ми (námi)	ва́ми (vámi)	и́ми, ни́ми 2 (ími, ními)			собо́й, собо́ю 4 (sobój, sobóju)
prepositional5	мнѣ (mně)	тебѣ́ (tebě́)	нёмъ 2 (njom)		ней 2 (nej)		насъ (nas)	васъ (vas)	нихъ 2 (nix)			себѣ́ (sebě́)

1. Letter г (g) in the genitive/accusative case ending is pronounced as /v/.
2. The alternative forms starting with н- (n-) are used after a preposition.
3. Archaic forms: ея́ (jejá), нея́ (nejá).
4. Instrumental forms ending in -ю (-ju) are either dated, poetic, or dialectal.
5. The prepositional case is never used without a preposition.