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Definition 2024


-ание

-ание

See also: -анје

Russian

Alternative forms

Suffix

-а́ние or -ание (-ánije or -anije)

  1. -tion, -ence, -ance, -ity, etc. (suffix used to form abstract nouns from verbs; added especially to nouns ending in -ать (-atʹ))
    надоеда́ть (nadojedátʹ, to annoy)надоеда́ние (nadojedánije, annoyance)
    сде́рживать (sdérživatʹ, to deter)сде́рживание (sdérživanije, deterrence)
    ве́шать (véšatʹ, to hang)ве́шание (véšanije, hanging)

Usage notes

  • The stress is usually not drawn onto the suffix, unlike for -е́ние (-énije).

Declension