-ня
Russian
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
- forms nouns denoting material objects taking their shape from a particular application on them
- forms nouns for groups of people
- forms nouns for groups of people
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) 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
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