-ня
Russian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьňa, from *-ьnъ + *-ja.
Pronunciation
- -ня: IPA(key): [nʲə]
- -ня́: IPA(key): [ˈnʲa]
Suffix
-ня • (-nja) (paroxytone)
- forms nouns denoting the place where an occupation or office is performed
- ко́локол (kólokol, “bell”) + -ня (-nja) → колоко́льня (kolokólʹnja, “bell tower”)
- печа́тать (pečátatʹ, “to print”) + -ня (-nja) → печа́тня (pečátnja, “printing house”)
- ве́чер (véčer, “evening”) + -ня (-nja) → вече́рня (večérnja, “vespers”)
- цирю́льник (cirjúlʹnik, “barber”) + -ня (-nja) → цирю́льня (cirjúlʹnja, “barbershop”)
- дегтя́рь (degtjárʹ, “tar worker”) + -ня (-nja) → дегтя́рня (degtjárnja, “tar works, where tar is extracted”)
- (archaic) forms nouns denoting amassment
Declension
Suffix
-ня́ • (-njá) (oxytone)
- forms nouns denoting amassment
- forms nouns denoting an over-repetitive action
- forms nouns denoting material objects taking their shape from a particular application on them
- (rude, derogatory) forms nouns for groups of people
Declension
Derived terms
Russian terms suffixed with -ня
References
- Kiparsky, Valentin (1975), Russische historische Grammatik. Band III: Entwicklung des Wortschatzes (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 242
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
- -ня: IPA(key): [ nʲa]
- -ня́: IPA(key): [ ˈnʲa]
Etymology 1
Etymology tree
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ + Ukrainian -я (-ja). From *-ьnъ + Proto-Slavic *-ja.
Suffix
-́ня • (-́nja) f (paroxytone)
- forms nouns denoting the place where an occupation or office is performed
- (archaic) forms nouns denoting amassment
- forms nouns denoting material objects taking their shape from a particular application on them
- forms nouns for groups of people
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -́ня -́nja |
-ні́ -ní |
| genitive | -ні́ -ní |
-́ень -́enʹ |
| dative | -ні́ -ní |
-ня́м -njám |
| accusative | -ню́ -njú |
-ні́, -́ень -ní, -́enʹ |
| instrumental | -не́ю -néju |
-ня́ми -njámy |
| locative | -ні́ -ní |
-ня́х -njáx |
| vocative | -не́ -né |
-ні́ -ní |
Suffix
-ня́ • (-njá) f (oxytone)
- forms nouns denoting amassment
- forms nouns denoting an over-repetitive action
- forms nouns denoting material objects taking their shape from a particular application on them
- (rude, derogatory) forms nouns for groups of people
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -ня́ -njá |
-ні́ -ní |
| genitive | -ні́ -ní |
-ень -enʹ |
| dative | -ні́ -ní |
-ня́м -njám |
| accusative | -ню́ -njú |
-ні́, -ень -ní, -enʹ |
| instrumental | -не́ю -néju |
-ня́ми -njámy |
| locative | -ні́ -ní |
-ня́х -njáx |
| vocative | -не́ -né |
-ні́ -ní |
Derived terms
Ukrainian terms suffixed with -ня
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Suffix
-ня • (-nja)
- feminine nominative singular of -ній (-nij)
Suffix
-́ня • (-́nja) m
- genitive singular of -ень (-enʹ)
Suffix
-ня • (-nja) n inan
- inflection of -нє (-nje):
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural
References
- Лев Миха́йлович Полю́га [Lev Myxájlovyč Poljúha] (2001), Словник українських морфем [Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkyx morfem, Dictionary of Ukrainian morphemes] (in Ukrainian), Львів [Lʹviv]: Світ [Svit], →ISBN