-овня

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Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Presumably rebracketed from -ня (-nja) attached to stems ending in -ов.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-о́вня or -овня́ (-óvnja or -ovnjá)

  1. Alternative form of -ня (-nja) (in all senses, but especially referring to places)
    вол (vol, ox) + ‎-о́вня (-óvnja) → ‎воло́вня (volóvnja, oxhouse)
    со́лод (sólod, malt) + ‎-о́вня (-óvnja) → ‎солодо́вня (solodóvnja, malthouse)
    час (čas, hour, time) + ‎-о́вня (-óvnja) → ‎часо́вня (časóvnja, chapel, oratory)
    жар (žar, heat) + ‎-о́вня (-óvnja) → ‎жаро́вня (žaróvnja, brazier)
    болта́ть (boltátʹ, to babble) + ‎-овня́ (-ovnjá) → ‎болтовня́ (boltovnjá, twaddle, jabber)

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