-иня

Inherited from Old Slovak -yňa, from Proto-Slavic *-yni. Cognate with Slovak -yňa.

• IPA^(key): [-ˈiɲa]
• Rhymes: -iɲa
• Hyphenation: и‧ня

-иня (-inja) f

1. forms feminine equivalents to masculine nouns

   ‎Поляк (Poljak, “Pole”) + ‎-иня (-inja) → ‎Полякиня (Poljakinja, “female Pole”)

2. forms feminine nouns

   ‎пусти (pusti, “desolate”) + ‎-иня (-inja) → ‎пустиня (pustinja, “desert”)

• Often a calque of Serbo-Croatian -иња / -inja.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-yni.

• -иня: IPA^(key): [ʲɪnʲə]
• -и́ня: IPA^(key): [ˈʲinʲə]
• -иня́: IPA^(key): [ʲɪˈnʲa]

-иня or -и́ня or -иня́ • (-inja or -ínja or -injá)

1. alternative form of -ыня (-ynja)

In the recent times, this suffix is increasingly used to form feminine form of nouns ending with -лог (-log) (-logist), although many people may consider it as a neologism, and therefore choose to avoid it, replacing -иня with more traditional -лог (-log) or -логи́чка (-logíčka), despite the fact that -логичка may be considered as impolite. The use of -логиня is often associated with the younger generation or politically liberal milieu, like e.g. feminists or anarchists.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-yni. By surface analysis, -ин (-yn) +‎ -я (-ja)

• -иня: IPA^(key): [ enʲɐ]
• -и́ня: IPA^(key): [ ˈɪnʲɐ]

-иня or -и́ня • (-ynja or -ýnja) f

1. forms feminine equivalents of masculine animate nouns

   ‎княг- (knjah-, “king, duke, prince”) + ‎-и́ня (-ýnja) → ‎княги́ня (knjahýnja, “queen, duchess, princess”)

   ‎бог (boh, “god”) + ‎-и́ня (-ýnja) → ‎боги́ня (bohýnja, “goddess”)

   ‎продаве́ць (prodavécʹ, “seller”) + ‎-и́ня (-ýnja) → ‎продавчи́ня (prodavčýnja)

   ‎астро́лог (astróloh, “astrologist”) + ‎-и́ня (-ýnja) → ‎астрологи́ня (astrolohýnja)

In the recent times, this suffix is increasingly used to form feminine forms of nouns, especially of ones ending with -лог (-loh) (-logist). This use of the suffix is approved by the 2019-reform of the Ukrainian language.