-яние

Russian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • -я́ние: IPA(key): [ˈʲænʲɪje]
  • -яние: IPA(key): [ʲɪnʲɪje]

Suffix

-я́ние or -яние • (-jánije or -janije)

  1. -tion, -ence, -ance, -ity, etc. (suffix used to form abstract nouns from verbs; added especially to verbs ending in -ять (-jatʹ); variant of -ание (-anije))
    ‎та́ять (tájatʹ, “to thaw”) + ‎-яние (-janije) → ‎та́яние (tájanije, “thawing”)
    ‎возлия́ть (vozlijátʹ, “to drink wine as a libation”) + ‎-я́ние (-jánije) → ‎возлия́ние (vozlijánije, “libation; drinking bout”)
    ‎валя́ть (valjátʹ, “to roll on a surface”) + ‎-я́ние (-jánije) → ‎валя́ние (valjánije, “rolling on a surface; fulling (cloth)”)

Usage notes

  • This is a variant of -ание (-anije), used mostly with verbs in -ять (-jatʹ), and it has the same propeties (e.g. the stress is usually not drawn onto the suffix, unlike for -е́ние (-énije)).

Declension

Derived terms

Russian terms suffixed with -яние
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