My Slavic Studies

I love grammar, you know that very well, so I thought I’d write a post on Russian nouns ending in –мя. Can you think of any?

The first two that probably come to mind are время [time] and имя [name]. These two are by far the most commonly used nouns in this weird group, which is why knowing them is essential. There are more, but not many more. 8 more, actually.

Yes, it’s true, there are only 10 words in the entire Russian language which end in –мя. Let’s take a look at all 10 in this organized table!

These nouns are all neuter, which was probably obvious given that both время and имя and they all decline the same way since they all share the same ending. The declension for them is irregular, sadly.

Here’s the full declension for the noun имя.

Well, that’s all for today’s post.