-єнний

Ukrainian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic -еньнъ (-enĭnŭ), from енъ (enŭ) + ьнъ (ĭnŭ). Originally used to form adjectives from past passive participles in Old Church Slavonic, later reinterpreted as a past passive participle suffix within the Russian literary language. Compare the native past participle suffix -ений (-enyj), which developed into an adjective suffix. For the same development compare -ячий (-jačyj). Reanalize as -єн (-jen) +‎ -ний (-nyj)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ jenːei̯]

Suffix

-єнний • (-jennyjm (feminine -єнна)

  1. used to form past passive participles from verbs in -їти (-jity) and -яти (-jaty), which are frequently lexicalized into adjectives
    проща́ти (proščáty, to forgive) + ‎-єнний (-jennyj) → ‎непроще́нний (neproščénnyj, unforgiven, unforgivable)
Usage notes
  • As a means of forming past passive participles, the suffix as written occurs mostly unstressed; when stressed, it assumes the form -енний (-ennyj). Generally, this suffix occurs with accent-a verbs (stem-stressed verbs ending in unstressed -їти (-jity) and -яти (-jaty)) and accent-c verbs (ending-stressed verbs in -ї́ти (-jíty) and -я́ти (-játy), where the present and synthetic future tense, except for the first person singular, are stem-stressed, for example води́ти (vodýty) with present tense воджу́ (vodžú), во́диш (vódyš), во́дить (vódytʹ), etc.). It does not normally occur with accent-b verbs (ending-stressed verbs where the entire present and synthetic future tense is ending-stressed, for example вини́ти (vynýty) with present tense виню́ (vynjú), вини́ш (vynýš), вини́ть (vynýtʹ), etc.), which instead use -е́нний (-énnyj). However, there are exceptions in both directions, e.g. accent-c діли́ти (dilýty) (present tense ділю́ (diljú), ді́лиш (dílyš)) with past passive participle неподіле́нний (nepodilénnyj) and accent-b кро́їти (krójity) (present tense крою́ (krojú), кро́їш (krójiš)) with past passive participle невикрої́нний (nevykrojínnyj).
  • This suffix triggers iotation (unlike the homophonous adjective-forming suffix below).
  • -янний (-jannyj)
  • -нний (-nnyj)
See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • -єнний: IPA(key): [ jenːei̯]
  • -є́нний: IPA(key): [ ˈjɛnːei̯]

Suffix

-є́нний • (-jénnyjm (feminine -є́нна)

  1. used to form adjectives from nouns, with the meaning "having the property of X"
  2. used to form adjectives from other adjectives, with the colloquial meaning "very X"
    висо́кий (vysókyj, high, tall) + ‎-е́нний (-énnyj) → ‎височе́нний (vysočénnyj, very high, very tall (colloquial))
    здоро́вий (zdoróvyj, healthy; strong; big) + ‎-е́нний (-énnyj) → ‎здорове́нний (zdorovénnyj, very strong, very muscular; huge, enormous (colloquial))
Usage notes
  • This suffix triggers the Slavic first palatalization of velars, but does not trigger iotation (unlike the homophonous past-participle-forming suffix above).
  • In the colloquial meaning "very X", the suffix is normally stressed, while in the meaning "having the property of X" it is normally unstressed.
Declension
Declension of -є́нний (hard)
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine
nominative -є́нний
-jénnyj
-є́нне
-jénne
-є́нна
-jénna
-є́нні
-jénni
genitive -є́нного
-jénnoho
-є́нної
-jénnoji
-є́нних
-jénnyx
dative -є́нному
-jénnomu
-є́нній
-jénnij
-є́нним
-jénnym
accusative animate -є́нного
-jénnoho
-є́нне
-jénne
-є́нну
-jénnu
-є́нних
-jénnyx
inanimate -є́нний
-jénnyj
-є́нні
-jénni
instrumental -є́нним
-jénnym
-є́нною
-jénnoju
-є́нними
-jénnymy
locative -є́нному, -є́ннім
-jénnomu, -jénnim
-є́нній
-jénnij
-є́нних
-jénnyx
vocative -є́нний
-jénnyj
-є́нне
-jénne
-є́нна
-jénna
-є́нні
-jénni
Derived terms
Ukrainian terms suffixed with -єнний