-ны

Alutor

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nə/

Suffix

-ны (-nə) (dual -ыт, plural -увви)

  1. nominal suffix denoting a place where an action occurs or would normally occur, a place for V-ing
    анутваны (spend.summer-ны)
    summer camp, a place where summer is spent
    емыны (draw.water-ны)
    water hole, a place where one draws water

References

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ. Cognate with Russian -ный (-nyj), Ukrainian -ний (-nyj), Polish -ny.

Suffix

-ны or -ны́ • (-ny or -ný)

  1. Used to form adjectives from nouns; -ish, -y.
    го́лад (hólad) + -ны (-ny)гало́дны (halódny)

Derived terms

Belarusian terms suffixed with -ны

Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
᠊ᠨ ᠤ
(-n-u)
-ны
(-ny)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Suffix

-ны • (-ny)

  1. Marks the genitive case in the hidden-n declension:
    1. After a back vowel stem ending in a consonant.
      мод (mod, tree) + -ны (-ny)модны (modny, tree's)
    2. After a back vowel stem ending in a long vowel, diphthong or iotated vowel.
      зангуу (zanguu, anchor) + -ны (-ny)зангууны (zanguuny, anchor's)
    3. After a back vowel stem ending in a consonant followed by a short vowel (which is retained).
      чарга (čarga, sledge) + -ны (-ny)чарганы (čargany, sledge's)
  2. Forms patronymics.

Alternative forms

Nivkh

Suffix

-ны (-nə)

  1. Future tense marker for verbs
    иньдь (iņd̦) + -ны (-nə)иньныдь (iņnəd̦)
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