See -няк in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Rebracketed from -я́к (-ják) following adjectives ending in -ный (-nyj); compare горня́к (gornják, “miner”) from го́рный (górnyj, “mining (relational)”).",
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"form": "-няко́в",
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[
"-няко́в",
"-няков#Russian"
]
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{
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"-няку#Russian"
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"-няка́м",
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[
"-няко́в",
"-няков#Russian"
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"-ня́к",
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{
"form": "-няко́м",
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[
"-няко́м",
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},
{
"form": "-няка́ми",
"links": [
[
"-няка́ми",
"-няками#Russian"
]
],
"roman": "-njakámi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
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},
{
"form": "-няке́",
"links": [
[
"-няке́",
"-няке#Russian"
]
],
"roman": "-njaké",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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},
{
"form": "-няка́х",
"links": [
[
"-няка́х",
"-няках#Russian"
]
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},
{
"text": "молодо́й (molodój, “young”) + -ня́к (-nják) → молодня́к (molodnják, “young animals, saplings, youngsters (collective)”)"
},
{
"text": "и́звесть (ízvestʹ, “lime”) + -ня́к (-nják) → известня́к (izvestnják, “limestone”)"
},
{
"text": "берёза (berjóza, “birch”) + -ня́к (-nják) → березня́к (bereznják, “birch forest”)"
}
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"form": "-ня́к",
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[
"-ня́к",
"-няк#Russian"
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[
"-няки́",
"-няки#Russian"
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[
"-няка́",
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[
"-няко́в",
"-няков#Russian"
]
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"-няку́",
"-няку#Russian"
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[
"-няка́м",
"-някам#Russian"
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"-няка́",
"-няка#Russian"
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"-няков#Russian"
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"-няки́",
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{
"form": "-няко́м",
"links": [
[
"-няко́м",
"-няком#Russian"
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"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-няка́ми",
"links": [
[
"-няка́ми",
"-няками#Russian"
]
],
"roman": "-njakámi",
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"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "-няке́",
"links": [
[
"-няке́",
"-няке#Russian"
]
],
"roman": "-njaké",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"prepositional",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-няка́х",
"links": [
[
"-няка́х",
"-няках#Russian"
]
],
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"Russian nouns with accent pattern b",
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"Russian velar-stem masculine-form nouns"
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"examples": [
{
"text": "середа́ (seredá, “middle”) + -ня́к (-nják) → середня́к (serednják, “peasant of moderate means (Soviet Union)”)"
},
{
"text": "молодо́й (molodój, “young”) + -ня́к (-nják) → молодня́к (molodnják, “young animals, saplings, youngsters (collective)”)"
},
{
"text": "и́звесть (ízvestʹ, “lime”) + -ня́к (-nják) → известня́к (izvestnják, “limestone”)"
},
{
"text": "берёза (berjóza, “birch”) + -ня́к (-nják) → березня́к (bereznják, “birch forest”)"
}
],
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"suffix usually denoting a person with a given characteristic, or forming inanimate nouns of various meanings; often of a colloquial nature"
],
"tags": [
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈnʲak]"
}
],
"word": "-няк"
}
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