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Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ina.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ина • (-ina)
- Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun.
- ѕид m (dzid) + -ина (-ina) → ѕидина f (dzidina)
- без (bez, “without”) + ветер m (veter, “wind”) + -ина (-ina) → безветрина f (bezvetrina, “windlessness”)
- густ (gust, “thick, dense”) + -ина (-ina) → густина f (gustina, “density”)
Derived terms
Russian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ina.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ина or -и́на • (-ina or -ína)
- suffix appended to nouns to form concrete nouns having the quality of the original noun
- верх (verx, “top, upper part”) + -и́на (-ína) → верши́на (veršína, “peak, summit”)
- -age; suffix appended to verbs to form a noun denoting a result
- проби́ть (probítʹ, “to break through, to pierce”) + -ина (-ina) → пробо́ина (probóina, “hole, breach”)
- suffix appended to mass nouns to form a noun denoting an individual item
- горо́х (goróx, “peas, pease”) + -ина (-ina) → горо́шина (goróšina, “a pea”)
- же́мчуг (žémčug, “pearl (as a material), pearls”) + -ина (-ina) → жемчу́жина (žemčúžina, “a pearl”)
- suffix appended to nouns or adjectives to form a noun denoting a kind of meat
- бара́н (barán, “ram, sheep”) + -ина (-ina) → бара́нина (baránina, “mutton, lamb”)
- свинья́ (svinʹjá, “pig, hog”) + -и́на (-ína) → свини́на (svinína, “pork”)
- suffix forming an augmentative, usually informal
- дом (dom, “house”) + -и́на (-ína) → доми́на (domína, “huge house”)
Usage notes
Declension
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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-ина, -и́на
-ina, -ína
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-ины, -и́ны
-iny, -íny
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| genitive
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-ины, -и́ны
-iny, -íny
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-ин, -и́н
-in, -ín
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| dative
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-ине, -и́не
-ine, -íne
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-инам, -и́нам
-inam, -ínam
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| accusative
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-ину, -и́ну
-inu, -ínu
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-ины, -и́ны
-iny, -íny
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| instrumental
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-иной, -иною, -и́ной, -и́ною
-inoj, -inoju, -ínoj, -ínoju
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-инами, -и́нами
-inami, -ínami
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| prepositional
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-ине, -и́не
-ine, -íne
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-инах, -и́нах
-inax, -ínax
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Derived terms
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ina.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ина́ • (-iná)
- -ness, -th; suffix appended to adjectives to form a (usually abstract) noun denoting a state or quality
- глубо́кий (glubókij, “deep”) + -ина́ (-iná) → глубина́ (glubiná, “depth”)
- то́лстый (tólstyj, “thick, fat”) + -ина́ (-iná) → толщина́ (tolščiná, “thickness”)
- це́лый (célyj, “whole, intact”) + -ина́ (-iná) → целина́ (celiná, “virgin land, unbroken expanse”)
Usage notes
Declension
Derived terms
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ina.
Suffix
-ина (Latin spelling -ina)
- Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually denoting salary, tax or fee.
- Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually denoting an object or kind of meat
- Suffix appended to noun roots to form an augmentative (the resulting noun is always feminine) frequently with pejorative connotation .
Declension
Derived terms
See also