-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

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”)

Declension

Declension of -шнї

		singular					plural
		masculine		feminine	neuter		virile	nonvirile
		personal/animal	inanimate
nominative		-шнї (-šnji)		-шня (-šnja)	-шнє (-šnje)		-шнї (-šnji)
genitive		-шнього (-šnʹoho)		-шнєй (-šnjej)	-шнього (-šnʹoho)		-шнїх (-šnjix)
dative		-шньому (-šnʹomu)		-шнєй (-šnjej)	-шньому (-šnʹomu)		-шнїм (-šnjim)
accusative		-шнього (-šnʹoho)	-шнї (-šnji)	-шню (-šnju)	-шнє (-šnje)		-шнїх (-šnjix)	-шнї (-šnji)
instrumental		-шнїм (-šnjim)		-шню (-šnju)	-шнїм (-šnjim)		-шнїма (-šnjima)
locative		-шнїм / -шньому (-šnjim / -šnʹomu)		-шнєй (-šnjej)	-шнїм / -шньому (-šnjim / -šnʹomu)		-шнїх (-šnjix)
vocative		-шнї (-šnji)		-шня (-šnja)	-шнє (-šnje)		-шнї (-šnji)

Derived terms

Pannonian Rusyn terms suffixed with -шнї

вонкашнї

вчерашнї

дакедишнї

дарашнї

домашнї

дотерашнї

нєшкашнї

нукашнї

терашнї

Further reading

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M. (1997) “шнї”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (О – Ш), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 869