стихія

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic стихия (stixija), from Old Church Slavonic стѵхии (stüxii) (feminine form стѵхиꙗ (stüxija)), from Ancient Greek στοιχεῖον (stoikheîon). Compare Russian стихи́я (stixíja), Belarusian стыхі́я (styxíja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [steˈxʲijɐ]

Noun

стихі́я • (styxíja) f inan (genitive стихі́ї, nominative plural стихі́ї, genitive plural стихі́й, relational adjective стихі́йний)

1. (alchemy, philosophy) element (one of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air)
   1. (by extension, literary) element (essential part or principle)
2. elemental force of nature, elements
3. elemental social force
4. element (a group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic, especially acting without control or organization)
5. (figuratively) element (a place or state of being that an individual or object is best suited to)

Declension

Declension of стихі́я (inan j-stem fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	стихі́я styxíja	стихі́ї styxíji
genitive	стихі́ї styxíji	стихі́й styxíj
dative	стихі́ї styxíji	стихі́ям styxíjam
accusative	стихі́ю styxíju	стихі́ї styxíji
instrumental	стихі́єю styxíjeju	стихі́ями styxíjamy
locative	стихі́ї styxíji	стихі́ях styxíjax
vocative	стихі́є styxíje	стихі́ї styxíji

See also

• елеме́нт m (elemént)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “стихія”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “стихія”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “стихія”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “стихія”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “стихія”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “стихія”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)