-нути

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

  • -ону́ти (-onúty) (augmentative)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian -нꙋти (-nuti), from Old East Slavic -нꙋти (-nuti), from Proto-Slavic *-nǫti.

Pronunciation

  • -нути: IPA(key): [ nʊte]
  • -ну́ти: IPA(key): [ ˈnute]

Suffix

-ну́ти or -нути • (-núty or -nuty)

  1. (deverbal) forms perfective semelfactive verbs
    крича́ти (kryčáty, to yell, to scream) + ‎-нути (-nuty) → ‎кри́кнути (krýknuty)
    кида́ти (kydáty, to throw, to fling) + ‎-нути (-nuty) → ‎ки́нути (kýnuty)
    гляді́ти (hljadíty, to look at, to watch) + ‎-нути (-nuty) → ‎гля́нути (hljánuty)
  2. (deadjectival) forms imperfective verbs to denote the gradual acquisition of properties
    слаби́й (slabýj, weak) + ‎-нути (-nuty) → ‎сла́бнути (slábnuty, to grow weak)
    жо́втий (žóvtyj, yellow) + ‎-нути (-nuty) → ‎жо́вкнути (žóvknuty, to turn yellow)
    сухи́й (suxýj, dry) + ‎-нути (-nuty) → ‎со́хнути (sóxnuty, to dry)
  3. (deverbal) forms inchoative counterparts of causative verbs
    в'яза́ти (vʺjazáty, to tie, to bind) + ‎-нути (-nuty) → ‎в'я́знути (vʺjáznuty, to get stuck, to stick)
    губи́ти (hubýty, to ruin, to waste, to lose) + ‎-нути (-nuty) → ‎ги́нути (hýnuty, to perish)
    туши́ти (tušýty, to extinguish) + ‎-нути (-nuty) → ‎ту́хнути (túxnuty, to go out)
    учи́ти (učýty, to teach) + ‎-нути (-nuty) → ‎-ви́кнути (-výknuty, to get used to)
  4. (deverbal) forms alternative infinitive forms from certain verbs featuring ne-conjugation
    ви́сохти (výsoxty, to dry out) + ‎-нути (-nuty) → ‎ви́сохнути (výsoxnuty)
    застря́гти (zastrjáhty, to get stuck) + ‎-нути (-nuty) → ‎застря́гнути (zastrjáhnuty)
    надягти́ (nadjahtý, to put on) + ‎-нути (-nuty) → ‎надягну́ти (nadjahnúty)

Derived terms

  • -ону́ти pf (-onúty)