-ыня

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Russian

Alternative forms

  • -иня (-inja) (after the velar consonants г к х)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-yni.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ыня or -ы́ня or -ыня́ (-ynja or -ýnja or -ynjá)

  1. forms feminine equivalents of masculine animate nouns
    госуда́рь (gosudárʹ, sovereign) + ‎-ыня (-ynja) → ‎госуда́рыня (gosudárynja, empress, sovereigness)
    гусь (gusʹ, goose) + ‎-ы́ня (-ýnja) → ‎гусы́ня (gusýnja, female goose)
    ба́р(ин) (bár(in), boyar) + ‎-ыня (-ynja) → ‎ба́рыня (bárynja, boyar's wife)
    княг- (knjag-, prince) + ‎-и́ня (-ínja) → ‎княги́ня (knjagínja, princess)
    мона́х (monáx, monk) + ‎-иня (-inja) → ‎мона́хиня (monáxinja, nun)
  2. forms abstract nouns from adjectives
    го́рдый (górdyj, proud) + ‎-ы́ня (-ýnja) → ‎горды́ня (gordýnja, pride, arrogance)
  3. forms place nouns from nouns and adjectives
    твёрдый (tvjórdyj, hard, firm) + ‎-ы́ня (-ýnja) → ‎тверды́ня (tverdýnja, stronghold)
    свято́й (svjatój, sacred) + ‎-ы́ня (-ýnja) → ‎святы́ня (svjatýnja, shrine)
    пусто́й (pustój, empty) + ‎-ы́ня (-ýnja) → ‎пусты́ня (pustýnja, desert, wilderness)
  4. forms nouns of various senses; see -ня (-nja) for specifics
    просто́й (prostój, simple, ordinary) + ‎-ыня́ (-ynjá) → ‎простыня́ (prostynjá, sheet, bedsheet)
    ми́лость (mílostʹ, mercy, charity) + ‎-ыня (-ynja) → ‎ми́лостыня (mílostynja, alms)

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