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Definition 2025
-ний
-ний
Russian
Suffix
-ний • (-nij)
- Used to form adjectives from nouns, often attributive (meaning "related to X"); a less common variant of -ный (-nyj).
- сосе́д (soséd, “neighbor”) → сосе́дний (sosédnij, “neighboring”)
- пятиле́тие (pjatilétije, “five-year period”) → пятиле́тний (pjatilétnij, “five-year”)
Declension
Declension of -ний (short class a)
| masculine | neuter | feminine | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -ний -nij |
-нее -neje |
-няя -njaja |
-ние -nije |
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| genitive | -него -nevo |
-ней -nej |
-них -nix |
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| dative | -нему -nemu |
-ней -nej |
-ним -nim |
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| accusative | animate | -него -nevo |
-нее -neje |
-нюю -njuju |
-них -nix |
| inanimate | -ний -nij |
-ние -nije |
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| instrumental | -ним -nim |
-ней, -нею -nej, -neju |
-ними -nimi |
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| prepositional | -нем -nem |
-ней -nej |
-них -nix |
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| short form | — | -не -ne |
-ня -nja |
-ни -ni |
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Usage notes
- When short forms exist, the short masculine singular is often missing. When present, it is -ен.
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Russian_words_suffixed_with_-%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9'>Russian words suffixed with -ний</a>
Related terms
- -ный (-nyj)