-ня

• -овня (-ovnja), -отня (-otnja) – rebracketed forms

From Proto-Slavic *-ьnja, from *-ьnъ +‎ *-ja.

• -ня: IPA^(key): [nʲə]
• -ня́: IPA^(key): [ˈnʲa]

-ня • (-nja) (paroxytone)

1. forms nouns denoting the place where an occupation or office is performed

   ‎ко́локол (kólokol, “bell”) + ‎-ня (-nja) → ‎колоко́льня (kolokólʹnja, “bell tower”)

   ‎печа́тать (pečátatʹ, “to print”) + ‎-ня (-nja) → ‎печа́тня (pečátnja, “printing house”)

   ‎ве́чер (véčer, “evening”) + ‎-ня (-nja) → ‎вече́рня (večérnja, “vespers”)

   ‎цирю́льник (cirjúlʹnik, “barber”) + ‎-ня (-nja) → ‎цирю́льня (cirjúlʹnja, “barbershop”)

   ‎дегтя́рь (degtjárʹ, “tar worker”) + ‎-ня (-nja) → ‎дегтя́рня (degtjárnja, “tar works, where tar is extracted”)

2. (archaic) forms nouns denoting amassment
   1. forms nouns denoting material objects taking their shape from a particular application on them
   2. forms nouns for groups of people

      ‎сто (sto, “hundred”) + ‎-ня (-nja) → ‎со́тня (sótnja, “a military unit of hundred”)

   3. forms nouns for groups of people

      ‎двор (dvor, “homestead, court”) + ‎-ня (-nja) → ‎дво́рня (dvórnja, “servants”)

ня́ • (njá) (oxytone)

1. forms nouns denoting amassment
   1. forms nouns denoting an over-repetitive action

      ‎ре́зать (rézatʹ, “to cut”) + ‎-ня́ (-njá) → ‎резня́ (reznjá, “massacre”)

      ‎шепта́ть (šeptátʹ, “to whisper”) + ‎-ня́ (-njá) → ‎шепотня́ (šepotnjá, “whispering”)

   2. forms nouns denoting material objects taking their shape from a particular application on them

      ‎лы́жа (lýža, “ski”) + ‎-ня́ (-njá) → ‎лыжня́ (lyžnjá, “ski trail”)

      ‎рука́ (ruká, “hand”) + ‎-ня́ (-njá) → ‎ручня́ (ručnjá, “sheaf, fistful”)

      ‎голова́ (golová, “head”) + ‎-ня́ (-njá) → ‎головня́ (golovnjá, “brand, piece of wood burnt till only the head is left”)

   3. (rude) forms nouns for groups of people

      ‎алка́ш (alkáš, “alkie”) + ‎-ня́ (-njá) → ‎алкашня́ (alkašnjá, “alkies”)

      ‎ребя́та (rebjáta, “children”) + ‎-ня́ (-njá) → ‎ребятня́ (rebjatnjá, “brats”)

• Kiparsky, Valentin (1975) Russische historische Grammatik. Band III: Entwicklung des Wortschatzes (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 242