-ність
Ukrainian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably originated from the suffix -ість (-istʹ) added to words ending in -ний (-nyj), and was then extracted by rebracketing as a productive suffix. The same thing happened with e.g. -овий (-ovyj) and English -ness. From -ний (-nyj) + -ість (-istʹ)
Suffix
[edit]-ність • (-nistʹ)
- Suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives. A less productive alternative to -ість (-istʹ), except after щ, where it is the regular suffix.
- гото́вий (gotóvij, “ready”) → гото́вність (gotóvnistʹ, “readiness”) (no such word *гото́вний exists, making it a special case.)
- Suffix forming nouns with the meaning of a group of things characterized by the quality designated by the adjectives from which the nouns are formed.
- Suffix forming nouns of various sorts from miscellaneous parts of speech.
- пове́рх (povérx, “over”) → пове́рхність (povérxnistʹ, “surface”)
Usage notes
[edit]- Not all words in -ність (-nistʹ) contain this suffix. Most of them are formed from -ість (-istʹ) added to adjectives in -ний (-nij).
- As noted above, -ність (-nistʹ) is the regular alternative to -ість (-istʹ) after adjectives whose stem ends in щ, e.g. су́щий (súščij).
Declension
[edit]Declension of -́ність (inan 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a і-о)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -́ність -́nistʹ |
-́ності -́nosti |
| genitive | -́ності, -́ности -́nosti, -́nosty |
-́ностей -́nostej |
| dative | -́ності -́nosti |
-́ностям -́nostjam |
| accusative | -́ність -́nistʹ |
-́ності -́nosti |
| instrumental | -́ністю -́nistju |
-́ностями -́nostjamy |
| locative | -́ності -́nosti |
-́ностях -́nostjax |
| vocative | -́носте -́noste |
-́ності -́nosti |
Derived terms
[edit]Category Ukrainian terms suffixed with -ність not found