-няк
Russian
Etymology
Rebracketed from -я́к (-ják) following adjectives ending in -ный (-nyj); compare горня́к (gornják, “miner”) from го́рный (górnyj, “mining (relational)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnʲak]
Suffix
-ня́к • (-nják)
- suffix usually denoting a person with a given characteristic, or forming inanimate nouns of various meanings; often of a colloquial nature
- середа́ (seredá, “middle”) + -ня́к (-nják) → середня́к (serednják, “peasant of moderate means (Soviet Union)”)
- молодо́й (molodój, “young”) + -ня́к (-nják) → молодня́к (molodnják, “young animals, saplings, youngsters (collective)”)
- и́звесть (ízvestʹ, “lime”) + -ня́к (-nják) → известня́к (izvestnják, “limestone”)
- берёза (berjóza, “birch”) + -ня́к (-nják) → березня́к (bereznják, “birch forest”)
Declension
Declension of -ня́к (bian masc-form velar-stem accent-b)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -ня́к -nják |
-няки́ -njakí |
| genitive | -няка́ -njaká |
-няко́в -njakóv |
| dative | -няку́ -njakú |
-няка́м -njakám |
| accusative animate inanimate |
-няка́ -njaká |
-няко́в -njakóv |
| -ня́к -nják |
-няки́ -njakí | |
| instrumental | -няко́м -njakóm |
-няка́ми -njakámi |
| prepositional | -няке́ -njaké |
-няка́х -njakáx |
Derived terms
Russian terms suffixed with -няк
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