-енный

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʲɪn(ː)ɨj]

Suffix

-енный • (-ennyj)

  1. used to form adjectives from nouns, with the meaning "having the property of X"
    простра́нство (prostránstvo, “space”) → простра́нственный (prostránstvennyj, “spatial”)
    целому́дрие (celomúdrije, “chastity”) → целому́дренный (celomúdrennyj, “chaste”)
    ма́лый (mályj, “small”) + число́ (čisló, “number”) → малочи́сленный (maločíslennyj, “scanty, few”)
  2. used to form past passive participles from verbs in -ить (-itʹ), -еть (-etʹ)
    просла́вить (proslávitʹ, “to celebrate”) → просла́вленный (proslávlennyj, “celebrated”)

Usage notes

As a means of forming past passive participles, it has the stressed variant -ённый (-jónnyj). Verbs in -ать (-atʹ) form such participles using -анный (-annyj) (stressed or unstressed), and verbs in -ять (-jatʹ) form such participles using -янный (-jannyj) (stressed or unstressed).

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Russian_words_suffixed_with_-%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9'>Russian words suffixed with -енный</a>
  • -ённый (-jónnyj)
  • -анный (-annyj)
  • -янный (-jannyj)
  • -нный (-nnyj)

See also

  • -тый (-tyj)
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