-иня

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-yni.

Pronunciation

• -иня: IPA^(key): [ʲɪnʲə]
• -и́ня: IPA^(key): [ˈʲinʲə]
• -иня́: IPA^(key): [ʲɪˈnʲa]

Suffix

-иня or -и́ня or -иня́ • (-inja or -ínja or -injá)

1. Alternative form of -ыня (-ynja)

Usage notes

In the recent times, this suffix is increasingly used to form feminine form of nouns ending with -лог (-log) (-logist), although many people may consider it as a neologism, and therefore choose to avoid it, replacing -иня with more traditional -лог (-log) or -логи́чка (-logíčka), despite the fact that -логичка may be considered as impolite. The use of -логиня is often associated with the younger generation or politically liberal milieu, like e.g. feminists or anarchists.

Declension

Declension of -иня, -и́ня, -иня́ (bian fem-form soft-stem accent-a/b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	-иня, -и́ня, -иня́ -inja, -ínja, -injá	-ини, -и́ни, -ини́ -ini, -íni, -iní
genitive	-ини, -и́ни, -ини́ -ini, -íni, -iní	-инь, -и́нь, -ине́й -inʹ, -ínʹ, -inéj
dative	-ине, -и́не, -ине́ -ine, -íne, -iné	-иням, -и́ням, -иня́м -injam, -ínjam, -injám
accusative animate inanimate	-иню, -и́ню, -иню́ -inju, -ínju, -injú	-инь, -и́нь, -ине́й -inʹ, -ínʹ, -inéj
		-ини, -и́ни, -ини́ -ini, -íni, -iní
instrumental	-иней, -инею, -и́ней, -и́нею, -инёй, -инёю -inej, -ineju, -ínej, -íneju, -injój, -injóju	-инями, -и́нями, -иня́ми -injami, -ínjami, -injámi
prepositional	-ине, -и́не, -ине́ -ine, -íne, -iné	-инях, -и́нях, -иня́х -injax, -ínjax, -injáx

Derived terms

Russian terms suffixed with -иня

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-yni.

Pronunciation

• -иня: IPA^(key): [ enʲɐ]
• -и́ня: IPA^(key): [ ˈɪnʲɐ]

Suffix

-иня or -и́ня • (-ynja or -ýnja)

1. forms feminine equivalents of masculine animate nouns

   ‎княг- (knjah-, “king, duke, prince”) + ‎-и́ня (-ýnja) → ‎княги́ня (knjahýnja, “queen, duchess, princess”)

   ‎бог (boh, “god”) + ‎-и́ня (-ýnja) → ‎боги́ня (bohýnja, “goddess”)

   ‎продаве́ць (prodavécʹ, “seller”) + ‎-и́ня (-ýnja) → ‎продавчи́ня (prodavčýnja)

   ‎астро́лог (astróloh, “astrologist”) + ‎-и́ня (-ýnja) → ‎астрологи́ня (astrolohýnja)

Usage notes

In the recent times, this suffix is increasingly used to form feminine forms of nouns, especially of ones ending with -лог (-loh) (-logist). This use of the suffix is approved by the 2019-reform of the Ukrainian language.

Derived terms

Ukrainian terms suffixed with -иня