Илија in Serbo-Croatian

Forms: Ѝлија [animate, canonical, masculine], Ìlija [romanization] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Old Church Slavonic Илїа (Ilia), from Ancient Greek Ἠλίᾱς (Ēlíās), from Hebrew אֵלִיָּהוּ (eliyáhu, “Yahweh is god”). Etymology templates: {{der|sh|cu|Илїа}} Old Church Slavonic Илїа (Ilia), {{der|sh|grc|Ἠλίᾱς}} Ancient Greek Ἠλίᾱς (Ēlíās), {{der|sh|he|אֵלִיָּהוּ||Yahweh is god|tr=eliyáhu}} Hebrew אֵלִיָּהוּ (eliyáhu, “Yahweh is god”)

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        "3": "Илїа"
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      },
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        "4": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew אֵלִיָּהוּ (eliyáhu, “Yahweh is god”)",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Church Slavonic Илїа (Ilia), from Ancient Greek Ἠλίᾱς (Ēlíās), from Hebrew אֵלִיָּהוּ (eliyáhu, “Yahweh is god”).",
  "forms": [
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        "canonical",
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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  "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
  "lang_code": "sh",
  "pos": "name",
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        }
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}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "cu",
        "3": "Илїа"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic Илїа (Ilia)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Ἠλίᾱς"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "אֵלִיָּהוּ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "Yahweh is god",
        "tr": "eliyáhu"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "Ѝлија",
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        "animate",
        "canonical",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ìlija",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "name",
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        "Serbo-Croatian animate nouns",
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        "Serbo-Croatian given names",
        "Serbo-Croatian lemmas",
        "Serbo-Croatian male given names",
        "Serbo-Croatian masculine animate nouns",
        "Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns",
        "Serbo-Croatian proper nouns",
        "Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Hebrew",
        "Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Old Church Slavonic"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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"Илија" meaning in Serbo-Croatian

Proper name