-няк
Russian
editEtymology
editRebracketed from -я́к (-ják) following adjectives ending in -ный (-nyj); compare горня́к (gornják, “miner”) from го́рный (górnyj, “mining (relational)”).
Pronunciation
editSuffix
edit-ня́к • (-nják)
- 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
editDeclension of -ня́к (bian masc-form velar-stem accent-b)