ея

See also: ея̈

Russian

Pronunciation 1

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

Pronoun

ея • (jejǫ́)

1. Alternative spelling of ея̈ (jejǫ́); pre-1918 spelling of её (jejó, possessive pronoun and genitive of the personal pronoun).

   Смерть буржуазии и ея прихвостням, да здравствует красный террор!

   Smertʹ buržuazii i jejǫ́ prixvostnjam, da zdravstvujet krasnyj terror!

   Death to the bourgeoisie and its lackeys – Long live the Red Terror! (inscription on a banner displayed at Moisei Uritsky's funeral in 1918; the inscription conserves the old spelling ея but otherwise follows the spelling reform)

Usage notes

• ея (jeja) 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).

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): [(j)ɪˈja]

Pronoun

ея́ • (jejá) f

1. (archaic or highly formal) Alternative form of ея̈ (jejǫ́)