-ний
Mongolian
[edit]| Mongolian | Cyrillic |
|---|---|
| ᠊ᠨ ᠦ (-n-ü) | -ний (-nii) |
Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈniː/
- Syllabification: ний (1 syllable)
Suffix
[edit]-ний • (-nii)
- Marks the genitive case in the hidden-n declension:
- After a front vowel stem ending in a consonant.
- After a front vowel stem ending in a long vowel, diphthong or iotated vowel.
- After a front vowel stem ending in a consonant followed by a short vowel (which is retained).
- Forms patronymics.
Alternative forms
[edit]- -ын (-yn), -ийн (-iin), -ы (-y), -ий (-ii), -н (-n), -ны (-ny), -ины (-iny), -иний (-inii), -гийн (-giin)
Russian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ. Cognate with Ukrainian -ний (-nyj), Polish -ny, Belarusian -ні (-ni), Ukrainian -ній (-nij). Soft variant of -ный (-nyj).
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ний • (-nij)
- used to form adjectives from nouns, often relational (meaning "related to X"); a less common variant of -ный (-nyj)
- сосе́д (soséd, “neighbor”) + -ний (-nij) → сосе́дний (sosédnij, “neighboring”)
- пятиле́тие (pjatilétije, “five-year period”) + -ний (-nij) → пятиле́тний (pjatilétnij, “five-year”)
Usage notes
[edit]- When short forms exist, the short masculine singular is often missing. When present, it is -ен.
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- -ный (-nyj)
Ukrainian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ. Reanalyze as -н (-n) + -ий (-yj)
Suffix
[edit]-ний or -ни́й • (-nyj or -nýj) m (feminine -на)
- Used to form adjectives from nouns; -ish, -y.
- -ic, -al, -ed; having a particular quality of, pertaining to, associated with; forms adjectives from nouns, and sometimes from verbs
Declension
[edit]Declension of -ни́й (hard)
| masculine | neuter | feminine | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -ни́й -nýj |
-не́ -né |
-на́ -ná |
-ні́ -ní | |
| genitive | -но́го -nóho |
-но́ї -nóji |
-ни́х -nýx | ||
| dative | -но́му -nómu |
-ні́й -níj |
-ни́м -ným | ||
| accusative | animate | -но́го -nóho |
-не́ -né |
-ну́ -nú |
-ни́х -nýx |
| inanimate | -ни́й -nýj |
-ні́ -ní | |||
| instrumental | -ни́м -ným |
-но́ю -nóju |
-ни́ми -nýmy | ||
| locative | -но́му, -ні́м -nómu, -ním |
-ні́й -níj |
-ни́х -nýx | ||
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- -ній (-nij)
Categories:
- Mongolian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Mongolian lemmas
- Mongolian suffixes
- Mongolian genitive suffixes
- Russian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Russian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Russian 1-syllable words
- Russian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Russian lemmas
- Russian suffixes
- Russian adjective-forming suffixes
- Russian soft-stem adjectives
- Russian adjectives with short forms
- Russian adjectives with missing short forms
- Russian adjectives with short accent pattern a
- Ukrainian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Ukrainian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Ukrainian terms suffixed with -ий
- Ukrainian lemmas
- Ukrainian suffixes
- Ukrainian adjective-forming suffixes
- Ukrainian masculine suffixes
- Ukrainian hard-stem ending-stressed adjectives