Николаев

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Никола́й (Nikoláj), Нико́ла (Nikóla) (personal names) +‎ -ев (-ev).

The Ukrainian city (Ukrainian Микола́їв (Mykolájiv)) is named after Saint Nicholas, the patron of sailers.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nikoˈɫaɛf]

Proper noun

Никола́ев • (Nikoláev) (feminine Никола́ева)

  1. a surname, Nikolaev

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Никола́ев • (Nikoláev)

  1. Mykolaiv (city in southern Ukraine, at the tributary of Ingul river into Southern Bug)

Alternative forms

  • Микола́ив (Mikoláiv)Ukrainian pronunciation
  • Нико́пол (Nikópol)

Russian

Etymology

Никола́й (Nikoláj) +‎ -ев (-ev)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nʲɪkɐˈɫa(j)ɪf]

Proper noun

Никола́ев • (Nikolájevm anim or m inan (genitive Никола́ева, nominative plural Никола́евы, genitive plural Никола́евых, feminine Никола́ева)

  1. (animate) a surname, Nikolayev
  2. (inanimate) Nikolayev (a hamlet in Znamenskoye Rural Settlement, Morozovsky Raion, Rostov Oblast, Southern Federal District, Russia)
  3. (inanimate) Mykolaiv (a village in Bobrovytsia urban hromada, Nizhyn Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1587)
  4. (inanimate) Mykolaiv (a village in Chornyi Ostriv settlement hromada, Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1555)
  5. (inanimate) Mykolaiv (a village in Lopatyn settlement hromada, Chervonohrad Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, founded before 1772)
  6. (inanimate) Mykolaiv (a village in Davydiv rural hromada, Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1670)
  7. (inanimate) Mykolaiv (a city, the administrative centre of the urban hromada of the same name, Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1570 near the River Dniester)
  8. (inanimate) Mykolaiv (a city, the administrative centre of the urban hromada, raion, and oblast of the same name of Ukraine, founded in 1789 at the confluence of the Inhul and the Southern Buh)

Declension

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Descendants

  • Armenian: Նիկոլաեւ (Nikolaew)
  • English: Nikolayev
  • German: Nikolajew

Adjective

Никола́ев • (Nikolájev)

  1. Nikolai’s, Nicholas’s

Declension

Further reading