-ний

See also: НИИ and ний

Russian

Etymology

Soft variant of -ный (-nyj).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nʲɪj]

Suffix

-ний • (-nij)

  1. Used to form adjectives from nouns, often attributive (meaning "related to X"); a less common variant of -ный (-nyj).
    сосе́д (soséd, “neighbor”) → сосе́дний (sosédnij, “neighboring”)
    пятиле́тие (pjatilétije, “five-year period”) → пятиле́тний (pjatilétnij, “five-year”)

Usage notes

  • When short forms exist, the short masculine singular is often missing. When present, it is -ен.

Declension

Declension of -ний (short class a)
masculine neuter feminine plural
nominative -ний
-nij		 -нее
-neje		 -няя
-njaja		 -ние
-nije
genitive -него
-nevo		 -ней
-nej		 -них
-nix
dative -нему
-nemu		 -ней
-nej		 -ним
-nim
accusative animate -него
-nevo		 -нее
-neje		 -нюю
-njuju		 -них
-nix
inanimate -ний
-nij		 -ние
-nije
instrumental -ним
-nim		 -ней, -нею
-nej, -neju		 -ними
-nimi
prepositional -нем
-nem		 -ней
-nej		 -них
-nix
short form — -не
-ne		 -ня
-nja		 -ни
-ni

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Russian_words_suffixed_with_-%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9'>Russian words suffixed with -ний</a>

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ. Cognate with Russian -ный (-nyj), Belarusian -ны (-ny), Polish -ny.

Suffix

-ний or -ни́й • (-nyj or -nýj)

  1. Used to form adjectives from noun; -ish, -y.
    го́лос (hólos) + ‎-ний (-nyj) → ‎голосни́й (holosnýj)

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Ukrainian_words_suffixed_with_-%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9'>Ukrainian words suffixed with -ний</a>
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