имя

The so-called н-declension of this and nine other similar neuter nouns stems from the fact that the word-final -я was the nasal vowel Ѧ, ѧ (little yus) in Old Church Slavonic, resulting in the -ен- before all the case endings in the modern language.

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имя (ímja, 'n', имена, imená, Kigezo:p) (ru)

1. jina, first jina, Christian jina, given jina
   • • — first name and patronymic
     • — Stalin Automobile Plant
2. (grammar): noun, substantive
   • • — noun
     • — adjective

• именины
• именительный
• именно
• именной