-ний
Mongolian edit
Mongolian | Cyrillic |
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᠊ᠨ ᠦ (-n-ü) | -ний (-nii) |
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈniː/
- Syllabification: ний (1 syllable)
Suffix edit
-ний • (-nii)
- Marks the genitive case in the hidden-n declension:
- After a front vowel stem ending in a consonant.
- After a front vowel stem ending in a long vowel, diphthong or iotated vowel.
- After a front vowel stem ending in a consonant followed by a short vowel (which is retained).
- Forms patronymics.
Alternative forms edit
Russian edit
Etymology edit
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Soft variant of -ный (-nyj).
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-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 edit
- When short forms exist, the short masculine singular is often missing. When present, it is -ен.
Declension edit
Declension of -ний (short class a)
masculine | neuter | feminine | plural | ||
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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 edit
Related terms edit
- -ный (-nyj)
Ukrainian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ.
Suffix edit
-ний or -ни́й • (-nyj or -nýj)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- -ній (-nij)