-ні

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ni"

Belarusian

Etymology

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

Suffix

-ні or -ні́ • (-ni or -ní)

  1. Soft variant of -ны (-ny).
    за́хад (záxad) + ‎-ні (-ni) → ‎захо́дні (zaxódni)

Derived terms

Kazakh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *-ni. Cognate with Kyrgyz -ни (-ni), Southern Altai -ни (-ni), Turkish -i, Yakut -ни (-ni)

Suffix

-ні • (-nı)

  1. Denotes accusative case
    алма (alma, apple) + ‎-ні (-nı) → ‎алманы (almany)

See also

  • -нің (-nıñ, genitive case)
  • -ге (-ge, dative case)
  • -де (-de, locative case)
  • -ден (-den, ablative case)
  • -мен (-men, instrumental case)

Ukrainian

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Suffix

-ні • (-ni)

  1. inflection of -ний / -ній (-nyj):
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative inanimate plural
    2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative inanimate plural
    3. feminine genitive/dative/locative singular
    4. feminine nominative/instrumental/vocative plural

Suffix

-́ні • (-́nim

  1. inflection of -ень (-enʹ):
    1. locative singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural