-ина

Pronunciation

• -ина: IPA^(key): [ʲɪnə]
• -и́на: IPA^(key): [ˈʲinə]

Suffix

-ина or -и́на • (-ina or -ína)

1. suffix appended to nouns to form concrete nouns having the quality of the original noun

   верх (verx, “top, upper part”) → верши́на (veršína, “peak, summit”)

2. -age; suffix appended to verbs to form a noun denoting a result

   проби́ть (probítʹ, “to break through, to pierce”) → пробо́ина (probóina, “hole, breach”)

3. suffix appended to mass nouns to form a noun denoting an individual item

   горо́х (goróx, “peas, pease”) → горо́шина (goróšina, “a pea”)

   же́мчуг (žémčug, “pearl (as a material), pearls”) → жемчу́жина (žemčúžina, “a pearl”)

4. suffix appended to nouns or adjectives to form a noun denoting a kind of meat

   бара́н (barán, “ram, sheep”) → бара́нина (baránina, “mutton, lamb”)

   свинья́ (svinʹjá, “pig, hog”) → свини́на (svinína, “pork”)

5. suffix forming an augmentative, usually informal

   дом (dom, “house”) → доми́на (domína, “huge house”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʲɪˈna]

Suffix

-ина́ • (-iná)

1. -ness, -th; suffix appended to adjectives to form a (usually abstract) noun denoting a state or quality

   глубо́кий (glubókij, “deep”) → глубина́ (glubiná, “depth”)

   то́лстый (tólstyj, “thick, fat”) → толщина́ (tolščiná, “thickness”)

   це́лый (célyj, “whole, intact”) → целина́ (celiná, “virgin land, unbroken expanse”)

Declension