-ний
Russian
Etymology
Soft variant of -ный (-nyj).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nʲɪj]
Suffix
-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
- When short forms exist, the short masculine singular is often missing. When present, it is -ен.
Declension
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
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Russian_words_suffixed_with_-%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9' title='Category:Russian words suffixed with -ний'>Russian words suffixed with -ний</a>
Ukrainian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ. Cognate with Russian -ный (-nyj), Belarusian -ны (-ny), Polish -ny.
Suffix
-ний or -ни́й • (-nyj or -nýj)
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Ukrainian_words_suffixed_with_-%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9' title='Category:Ukrainian words suffixed with -ний'>Ukrainian words suffixed with -ний</a>
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