-анье

See also: -анје

Russian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • -а́нье: IPA(key): [ˈanʲje]
  • -анье: IPA(key): [ənʲje]

Suffix

-а́нье or -анье (-ánʹje or -anʹje)

  1. Alternative form of -ание (-anije): -tion, -ence, -ance, -ity, etc. (suffix used to form abstract nouns from verbs; added especially to nouns ending in -ать (-atʹ))
    купа́ть (kupátʹ, to bathe)купа́нье (kupánʹje, bathing)
    призна́ть (priznátʹ, to recognize, to acknowledge, to declare)призна́нье (priznánʹje, recognition, acknowledgment, declaration (obsolete or poetic))
    жа́ловать (žálovatʹ, to reward, to favor)жа́лованье (žálovanʹje, wages, salary, stipend)
    ды́хать (dýxatʹ, to breathe)дыха́нье (dyxánʹje, breath, breathing)

Usage notes

  • This suffix is an alternative form of -ание (-anije). Originally, the two suffixes were equivalent, and both variants existed for most words, but nowadays only certain verbs can form nouns in -анье (-anʹje), and these nouns often have an obsolete, poetic or sometimes colloquial flavor.
  • The properties of this suffix are as for -ание (-anije); for example, the stress is usually not drawn onto the suffix, unlike for -е́нье (-énʹje) (but note ды́хать (dýxatʹ, to breathe)дыха́нье (dyxánʹje, breath, breathing)).

Declension

Derived terms

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