-енье

• -ение (-enije)

• -е́нье: IPA^(key): [ˈʲenʲje]
• -енье: IPA^(key): [ʲɪnʲje]

-е́нье or -енье • (-énʹje or -enʹje)

1. Alternative form of -ение (-enije): -tion, -ence, -ance, -ity, etc. (suffix used to form abstract nouns from verbs; added especially to verbs ending in -еть (-etʹ), -ить (-itʹ), and certain other endings, but not -ать (-atʹ))

   ‎жа́рить (žáritʹ, “to roast, to fry”) + ‎-енье (-enʹje) → ‎жа́ренье (žárenʹje, “roasting, frying”)

   ‎прости́ть (prostítʹ, “to forgive, to pardon”) + ‎-е́нье (-énʹje) → ‎проще́нье (proščénʹje, “forgiveness, pardon”)

   ‎умили́ть (umilítʹ, “to touch, to move (emotionally)”) + ‎-е́нье (-énʹje) → ‎умиле́нье (umilénʹje, “touching, moving (emotionally; obsolete or poetic)”)

   ‎сиде́ть (sidétʹ, “to sit”) + ‎-е́нье (-énʹje) → ‎сиде́нье (sidénʹje, “seat”)

   ‎вари́ть (varítʹ, “to boil”) + ‎-е́нье (-énʹje) → ‎варе́нье (varénʹje, “jam, varenye; boiling”)

• This suffix is an alternative form of -ение (-enije). Originally, the two suffixes were equivalent, and both variants existed for most words, but nowadays only certain verbs can form nouns in -енье (-enʹje), and these nouns often have an obsolete, poetic or sometimes colloquial flavor.
• The properties of this suffix are as for -ение (-enije); for example, the stress is usually drawn onto the suffix (but note жа́рить (žáritʹ, “to roast, to fry”) → жа́ренье (žárenʹje, “roasting, frying”)), and the suffix is usually only added to classes of verbs whose past passive participle is formed with the ending -енный (-ennyj) or -ённый (-jónnyj).

• -а́ние (-ánije), -а́нье (-ánʹje)