-ꙑни

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• -ⱏⰻⱀⰻ (-yni) — Glagolitic
• -ⱏⰹⱀⰻ (-yni) — Glagolitic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-yni.

Suffix

-ꙑн҄и • (-ynʹi) f

1. Denominal, forming feminine noun forms. Equivalent of English -ess.

   ‎богъ (bogŭ, “God”) + ‎-ꙑн҄и (-ynʹi) → ‎богꙑн҄и (bogynʹi, “Goddess”)

   ‎господь (gospodĭ, “lord, master”) + ‎-ꙑн҄и (-ynʹi) → ‎господꙑн҄и (gospodynʹi, “mistress, lady”)

   ‎рабъ (rabŭ, “slave, servant”) + ‎-ꙑн҄и (-ynʹi) → ‎рабꙑн҄и (rabynʹi, “female slave, maid”)

   ‎сѫсѣдъ (sǫsědŭ, “neighbour”) + ‎-ꙑн҄и (-ynʹi) → ‎сѫсѣдꙑн҄и (sǫsědynʹi, “female neighbour”)

   ‎кънѧѕь (kŭnędzĭ, “knez”) + ‎-ꙑн҄и (-ynʹi) → ‎кънѧгꙑн҄и (kŭnęgynʹi, “princess, duchess”)

2. Deadjectival, forming feminine nouns denoting a carrier of the specified property, state or condition.

   ‎простъ (prostŭ, “simple, straight”) + ‎-ꙑн҄и (-ynʹi) → ‎простꙑн҄и (prostynʹi, “freedom, liberty”)

   ‎свѧтъ (svętŭ, “holy”) + ‎-ꙑн҄и (-ynʹi) → ‎свѧтꙑн҄и (svętynʹi, “holiness”)

   ‎благъ (blagŭ, “mild, gentle”) + ‎-ꙑн҄и (-ynʹi) → ‎благꙑн҄и (blagynʹi, “prosperity”)

   ‎поустъ (pustŭ, “barren”) + ‎-ꙑн҄и (-ynʹi) → ‎поустꙑн҄и (pustynʹi, “wasteland”)

   ‎правъ (pravŭ, “just, straight”) + ‎-ꙑн҄и (-ynʹi) → ‎правꙑн҄и (pravynʹi, “justice, rightness”)

Declension

Declension of -ꙑни (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	-ꙑн҄и -ynʹi	-ꙑн҄и -ynʹi	-ꙑн҄ѧ -ynʹę
genitive	-ꙑн҄ѧ -ynʹę	-ꙑн҄оу -ynʹu	-ꙑн҄ь -ynʹĭ
dative	-ꙑн҄и -ynʹi	-ꙑн҄ама -ynʹama	-ꙑн҄амъ -ynʹamŭ
accusative	-ꙑн҄ѫ -ynʹǫ	-ꙑн҄и -ynʹi	-ꙑн҄ѧ -ynʹę
instrumental	-ꙑн҄еѭ -ynʹejǫ	-ꙑн҄ама -ynʹama	-ꙑн҄ами -ynʹami
locative	-ꙑн҄и -ynʹi	-ꙑн҄оу -ynʹu	-ꙑн҄ахъ -ynʹaxŭ
vocative	-ꙑн҄е -ynʹe	-ꙑн҄и -ynʹi	-ꙑн҄ѧ -ynʹę

Derived terms

Old Church Slavonic terms suffixed with -ꙑни

References

• Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка‎^[1], София