-яние

Russian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • -я́ние: IPA(key): [ˈʲænʲɪje]
  • -яние: IPA(key): [ʲɪnʲɪje]

Suffix

-я́ние or -яние (-jánije or -janije)

  1. -tion, -ence, -ance, -ity, etc. (suffix used to form abstract nouns from verbs; added especially to verbs ending in -ять (-jatʹ); variant of -ание (-anije))
    та́ять (tájatʹ, to thaw) + -яние (-janije)та́яние (tájanije, thawing)
    возлия́ть (vozlijátʹ, to drink wine as a libation) + -я́ние (-jánije)возлия́ние (vozlijánije, libation; drinking bout)
    валя́ть (valjátʹ, to roll on a surface) + -я́ние (-jánije)валя́ние (valjánije, rolling on a surface; fulling (cloth))

Usage notes

  • This is a variant of -ание (-anije), used mostly with verbs in -ять (-jatʹ), and it has the same propeties (e.g. the stress is usually not drawn onto the suffix, unlike for -е́ние (-énije)).

Declension

Derived terms

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