-ний

See also: НИИ and ний

Russian

Etymology

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Soft variant of -ный (-nyj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nʲɪj]

Suffix

-ний • (-nij)

1. 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

► Russian words suffixed with -ний

Related terms

• -ный (-nyj)

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ.

Suffix

-ний or -ни́й • (-nyj or -nýj)

1. Used to form adjectives from nouns; -ish, -y.

   ‎го́лос (hólos) + ‎-ний (-nyj) → ‎голосни́й (holosnýj)

Derived terms

► Ukrainian words suffixed with -ний

See also

• -ній (-nij)