нянька

Russian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈnʲænʲkə]
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Noun

ня́нька • (njánʹka) f anim (genitive ня́ньки, nominative plural ня́ньки, genitive plural ня́нек)

  1. Diminutive of ня́ня (njánja, “nurse, nanny, babysitter”)
    У семи́ ня́нек дитя́ без гла́за. (Russian proverb)
    U semí njánek ditjá bez gláza.
    Too many cooks spoil the broth. / Everybody's business is nobody's business.
    Ня́нька забо́тится о двух младе́нцах.
    Njánʹka zabótitsja o dvux mladéncax.
    A (young) nanny looks after two infants.

Declension
Declension of ня́нька (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 
singular plural
nominative ня́нька
njánʹka		 ня́ньки
njánʹki
genitive ня́ньки
njánʹki		 ня́нек
njánek
dative ня́ньке
njánʹke		 ня́нькам
njánʹkam
accusative ня́ньку
njánʹku		 ня́нек
njánek
instrumental ня́нькой, ня́нькою
njánʹkoj, njánʹkoju		 ня́ньками
njánʹkami
prepositional ня́ньке
njánʹke		 ня́ньках
njánʹkax

Descendants
  • → Ingrian: näntkä
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