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Russian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-я́ние or -яние • (-jánije or -janije)
- -tion, -ence, -ance, -ity, etc. (suffix used to form abstract nouns from verbs; added especially to verbs ending in -ять (-jatʹ); variant of -ание (-anije))
- та́ять (tájatʹ, “to thaw”) + -яние (-janije) → та́яние (tájanije, “thawing”)
- возлия́ть (vozlijátʹ, “to drink wine as a libation”) + -я́ние (-jánije) → возлия́ние (vozlijánije, “libation; drinking bout”)
- валя́ть (valjátʹ, “to roll on a surface”) + -я́ние (-jánije) → валя́ние (valjánije, “rolling on a surface; fulling (cloth)”)
Usage notes
- This is a variant of -ание (-anije), used mostly with verbs in -ять (-jatʹ), and it has the same propeties (e.g. the stress is usually not drawn onto the suffix, unlike for -е́ние (-énije)).
Declension
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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-я́ние, -яние
-jánije, -janije
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-я́ния, -яния
-jánija, -janija
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| genitive
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-я́ния, -яния
-jánija, -janija
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-я́ний, -яний
-jánij, -janij
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| dative
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-я́нию, -янию
-jániju, -janiju
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-я́ниям, -яниям
-jánijam, -janijam
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| accusative
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-я́ние, -яние
-jánije, -janije
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-я́ния, -яния
-jánija, -janija
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| instrumental
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-я́нием, -янием
-jánijem, -janijem
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-я́ниями, -яниями
-jánijami, -janijami
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| prepositional
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-я́нии, -янии
-jánii, -janii
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-я́ниях, -яниях
-jánijax, -janijax
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Derived terms