-няк

Russian

Etymology

Rebracketed from -я́к (-ják) following adjectives ending in -ный (-nyj); compare горня́к (gornják, “miner”) from го́рный (górnyj, “mining (relational)”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈnʲak]

Suffix

-ня́к • (-nják)

  1. suffix usually denoting a person with a given characteristic, or forming inanimate nouns of various meanings; often of a colloquial nature
    ‎середа́ (seredá, “middle”) + ‎-ня́к (-nják) → ‎середня́к (serednják, “peasant of moderate means (Soviet Union)”)
    ‎молодо́й (molodój, “young”) + ‎-ня́к (-nják) → ‎молодня́к (molodnják, “young animals, saplings, youngsters (collective)”)
    ‎и́звесть (ízvestʹ, “lime”) + ‎-ня́к (-nják) → ‎известня́к (izvestnják, “limestone”)
    ‎берёза (berjóza, “birch”) + ‎-ня́к (-nják) → ‎березня́к (bereznják, “birch forest”)

Declension
Declension of -няк (bian masc-form velar-stem accent-b) 
singular plural
nominative -ня́к
-nják		 -няки́
-njakí
genitive -няка́
-njaká		 -няко́в
-njakóv
dative -няку́
-njakú		 -няка́м
-njakám
accusative animate

inanimate		 -няка́
-njaká		 -няко́в
-njakóv
-ня́к
-nják		 -няки́
-njakí
instrumental -няко́м
-njakóm		 -няка́ми
-njakámi
prepositional -няке́
-njaké		 -няка́х
-njakáx

Derived terms
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