-ня

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-ьnja, from *-ьnъ +‎ *-ja.

Suffix

-ня • (-nja)

  1. a noun forming suffix
    ко́локол (kólokol) + ‎-ня (-nja) → ‎колоко́льня (kolokólʹnja, “bell tower”)
    ре́зать (rézatʹ) + ‎-ня (-nja) → ‎резня́ (reznjá, “massacre”)

Declension

Note: can be stressed and unstressed

Declension of -ня (bian fem-form soft-stem accent-b) 
singular plural
nominative -ня́
-njá		 -ни́
-ní
genitive -ни́
-ní		 -не́й
-néj
dative -не́
-né		 -ня́м
-njám
accusative animate

inanimate		 -ню́
-njú		 -не́й
-néj
-ни́
-ní
instrumental -нёй, -нёю
-njój, -njóju		 -ня́ми
-njámi
prepositional -не́
-né		 -ня́х
-njáx

Derived terms

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