-отня

Russian

Etymology

Presumably rebracketed from -ня (-nja) attached to stems ending in -от.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐtʲˈnʲa]

Suffix

-отня́ • (-otnjá)

1. Alternative form of -ня (-nja) (in all senses, but especially forming abstract nouns; often with a colloquial flavor)

   ‎бе́гать (bégatʹ, “to run”) + ‎-отня́ (-otnjá) → ‎беготня́ (begotnjá, “running about, bustle”)

   ‎лёгкий (ljóxkij, “easy”) + ‎-отня́ (-otnjá) → ‎(childish) легкотня́ (lexkotnjá, “cinch (something easy to do)”)

   ‎па́чкать (páčkatʹ, “to daub; to soil”) + ‎-отня́ (-otnjá) → ‎(colloquial, pejorative) пачкотня́ (pačkotnjá, “daub, scrawl; bungling”)

   ‎руга́ть (rugátʹ, “to abuse; to swear”) + ‎-отня́ (-otnjá) → ‎(low colloquial) руготня́ (rugotnjá, “abuse; swearing”)

   ‎треск- (tresk-, “to crackle; to jabber”) + ‎-отня́ (-otnjá) → ‎(colloquial) трескотня́ (treskotnjá, “crackle; prattle”)

Declension

Declension of -отня́ (inan fem-form soft-stem accent-b reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	-отня́ -otnjá	-отни́ -otní
genitive	-отни́ -otní	-отне́й -otnéj
dative	-отне́ -otné	-отня́м -otnjám
accusative	-отню́ -otnjú	-отни́ -otní
instrumental	-отнёй, -отнёю -otnjój, -otnjóju	-отня́ми -otnjámi
prepositional	-отне́ -otné	-отня́х -otnjáx

Derived terms

Russian terms suffixed with -отня