-шнї

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian -шњи / -šnji, taken from (mostly) temporal or spatial adjectives such as данашњи / današnji, годишњи / godišnji or овдашњи / ovdašnji. Alternatively, borrowed from East Slavic; compare Belarusian -шні (-šni), Russian -шний (-šnij) and Ukrainian -шній (-šnij).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈ-ʃɲi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: шнї

Suffix

-шнї (-šnji) m (feminine -шня, neuter -шнє)

1. (productive) suffix appended to time or location adverbs to form relational adjectives

   ‎нука (nuka, “inside”, adverb) + ‎-шнї (-šnji) → ‎нукашнї (nukašnji, “inside, interior”, adjective)

   ‎дакеди (dakedi, “sometimes; anytime”, adverb) + ‎-шнї (-šnji) → ‎дакедишнї (dakedišnji, “former”)

Derived terms

Pannonian Rusyn terms suffixed with -шнї

Further reading

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M. (1997), in Ramač, Ju., editor, Српско-русински речник [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbian), Vol. 2, Belgrade, Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 869