"-енький" meaning in Ukrainian

See -енький in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: [ enʲkei̯]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-(e-)nós Proto-Slavic *-ěnъ Ukrainian -ен (-en) Proto-Balto-Slavic *-jas Proto-Slavic *-jь (/⁠Suffix 2⁠/) Ukrainian -ь (-ʹ) Ukrainian -ень (-enʹ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Slavic *-kъ Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ Ukrainian -кий (-kyj) Ukrainian -енький (-enʹkyj) From -ень (-enʹ) + -кий (-kyj). Rebracketing of -ий (-yj). Etymology templates: {{etymon|uk|:af|uk:-ень<id:nominal>|uk:-кий<id:adj>|id=dim|pos=suffix|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-(e-)nós Proto-Slavic *-ěnъ Ukrainian -ен (-en) Proto-Balto-Slavic *-jas Proto-Slavic *-jь (/⁠Suffix 2⁠/) Ukrainian -ь (-ʹ) Ukrainian -ень (-enʹ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Slavic *-kъ Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ Ukrainian -кий (-kyj) Ukrainian -енький (-enʹkyj), {{af|uk|-ень|-кий}} -ень (-enʹ) + -кий (-kyj), {{rebracketing|uk|-ий}} Rebracketing of -ий (-yj) Head templates: {{head|uk|suffix|feminine|-енька|adverbial|-енько|cat2=adjective-forming suffixes|cat3=diminutive suffixes|g=m|head=-е́нький}} -е́нький • (-énʹkyj) m (feminine -енька, adverbial -енько) Inflection templates: {{uk-adecl|-е́нький}} Forms: -е́нький [canonical, masculine], -énʹkyj [romanization], -енька [feminine], -енько [adverbial], no-table-tags [table-tags], -е́нький [masculine, nominative, singular], -е́ньке [neuter, nominative, singular], -е́нька [feminine, nominative, singular], -е́нькі [nominative, plural], -е́нького [genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], -е́нької [feminine, genitive, singular], -е́ньких [genitive, plural], -е́нькому [dative, masculine, neuter, singular], -е́нькій [dative, feminine, singular], -е́ньким [dative, plural], -е́нького [accusative, animate, masculine, singular], -е́ньке [accusative, neuter, singular], -е́ньку [accusative, feminine, singular], -е́ньких [accusative, animate, plural], -е́нький [accusative, inanimate, masculine, singular], -е́нькі [accusative, inanimate, plural], -е́ньким [instrumental, masculine, neuter, singular], -е́нькою [feminine, instrumental, singular], -е́нькими [instrumental, plural], -е́нькому [locative, masculine, neuter, singular], -е́нькім [locative, masculine, neuter, singular], -е́нькій [feminine, locative, singular], -е́ньких [locative, plural], -е́нький [masculine, singular, vocative], -е́ньке [neuter, singular, vocative], -е́нька [feminine, singular, vocative], -е́нькі [plural, vocative]
  1. Suffix used to form diminutive adjectives from other adjectives. Tags: morpheme

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "uk:-ень<id:nominal>",
        "4": "uk:-кий<id:adj>",
        "id": "dim",
        "pos": "suffix",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *-(e-)nós\nProto-Slavic *-ěnъ\nUkrainian -ен (-en)\nProto-Balto-Slavic *-jas\nProto-Slavic *-jь (/⁠Suffix 2⁠/)\nUkrainian -ь (-ʹ)\nUkrainian -ень (-enʹ)\nProto-Indo-European *-kos\nProto-Slavic *-kъ\nProto-Slavic *-ъkъ\nUkrainian -кий (-kyj)\nUkrainian -енький (-enʹkyj)",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "-ень",
        "3": "-кий"
      },
      "expansion": "-ень (-enʹ) + -кий (-kyj)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "-ий"
      },
      "expansion": "Rebracketing of -ий (-yj)",
      "name": "rebracketing"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *-(e-)nós\nProto-Slavic *-ěnъ\nUkrainian -ен (-en)\nProto-Balto-Slavic *-jas\nProto-Slavic *-jь (/⁠Suffix 2⁠/)\nUkrainian -ь (-ʹ)\nUkrainian -ень (-enʹ)\nProto-Indo-European *-kos\nProto-Slavic *-kъ\nProto-Slavic *-ъkъ\nUkrainian -кий (-kyj)\nUkrainian -енький (-enʹkyj)\nFrom -ень (-enʹ) + -кий (-kyj). Rebracketing of -ий (-yj).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-е́нький",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-énʹkyj",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-енька",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-енько",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uk-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нький",
      "roman": "-énʹkyj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́ньке",
      "roman": "-énʹke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нька",
      "roman": "-énʹka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нькі",
      "roman": "-énʹki",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нького",
      "roman": "-énʹkoho",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нької",
      "roman": "-énʹkoji",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́ньких",
      "roman": "-énʹkyx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нькому",
      "roman": "-énʹkomu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нькій",
      "roman": "-énʹkij",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́ньким",
      "roman": "-énʹkym",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нького",
      "roman": "-énʹkoho",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "animate",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́ньке",
      "roman": "-énʹke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́ньку",
      "roman": "-énʹku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́ньких",
      "roman": "-énʹkyx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "animate",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нький",
      "roman": "-énʹkyj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "inanimate",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нькі",
      "roman": "-énʹki",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "inanimate",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́ньким",
      "roman": "-énʹkym",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нькою",
      "roman": "-énʹkoju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нькими",
      "roman": "-énʹkymy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нькому",
      "roman": "-énʹkomu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нькім",
      "roman": "-énʹkim",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нькій",
      "roman": "-énʹkij",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́ньких",
      "roman": "-énʹkyx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нький",
      "roman": "-énʹkyj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́ньке",
      "roman": "-énʹke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нька",
      "roman": "-énʹka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нькі",
      "roman": "-énʹki",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "suffix",
        "3": "feminine",
        "4": "-енька",
        "5": "adverbial",
        "6": "-енько",
        "cat2": "adjective-forming suffixes",
        "cat3": "diminutive suffixes",
        "g": "m",
        "head": "-е́нький"
      },
      "expansion": "-е́нький • (-énʹkyj) m (feminine -енька, adverbial -енько)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-е́нький"
      },
      "name": "uk-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ukrainian",
  "lang_code": "uk",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ukrainian entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ukrainian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ukrainian rebracketings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ukrainian terms suffixed with -ень",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ukrainian terms suffixed with -кий",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ми́лий (mýlyj, “dear, sweet”) + -е́нький (-énʹkyj) → миле́нький (mylénʹkyj)"
        },
        {
          "text": "мали́й (malýj, “small”) + -е́нький (-énʹkyj) → мале́нький (malénʹkyj)"
        },
        {
          "text": "молоди́й (molodýj, “young”) + -е́нький (-énʹkyj) → молоде́нький (molodénʹkyj)"
        },
        {
          "text": "сухи́й (suxýj, “dry”) + -е́нький (-énʹkyj) → сухе́нький (suxénʹkyj)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Suffix used to form diminutive adjectives from other adjectives."
      ],
      "id": "en--енький-uk-suffix-dJeG4UZ-",
      "links": [
        [
          "diminutive",
          "Appendix:Glossary#diminutive"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ enʲkei̯]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-енький"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "uk:-ень<id:nominal>",
        "4": "uk:-кий<id:adj>",
        "id": "dim",
        "pos": "suffix",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *-(e-)nós\nProto-Slavic *-ěnъ\nUkrainian -ен (-en)\nProto-Balto-Slavic *-jas\nProto-Slavic *-jь (/⁠Suffix 2⁠/)\nUkrainian -ь (-ʹ)\nUkrainian -ень (-enʹ)\nProto-Indo-European *-kos\nProto-Slavic *-kъ\nProto-Slavic *-ъkъ\nUkrainian -кий (-kyj)\nUkrainian -енький (-enʹkyj)",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "-ень",
        "3": "-кий"
      },
      "expansion": "-ень (-enʹ) + -кий (-kyj)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "-ий"
      },
      "expansion": "Rebracketing of -ий (-yj)",
      "name": "rebracketing"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *-(e-)nós\nProto-Slavic *-ěnъ\nUkrainian -ен (-en)\nProto-Balto-Slavic *-jas\nProto-Slavic *-jь (/⁠Suffix 2⁠/)\nUkrainian -ь (-ʹ)\nUkrainian -ень (-enʹ)\nProto-Indo-European *-kos\nProto-Slavic *-kъ\nProto-Slavic *-ъkъ\nUkrainian -кий (-kyj)\nUkrainian -енький (-enʹkyj)\nFrom -ень (-enʹ) + -кий (-kyj). Rebracketing of -ий (-yj).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-е́нький",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-énʹkyj",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-енька",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-енько",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uk-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нький",
      "roman": "-énʹkyj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́ньке",
      "roman": "-énʹke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нька",
      "roman": "-énʹka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нькі",
      "roman": "-énʹki",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нького",
      "roman": "-énʹkoho",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нької",
      "roman": "-énʹkoji",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́ньких",
      "roman": "-énʹkyx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нькому",
      "roman": "-énʹkomu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нькій",
      "roman": "-énʹkij",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́ньким",
      "roman": "-énʹkym",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нького",
      "roman": "-énʹkoho",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "animate",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́ньке",
      "roman": "-énʹke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́ньку",
      "roman": "-énʹku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́ньких",
      "roman": "-énʹkyx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "animate",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нький",
      "roman": "-énʹkyj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "inanimate",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нькі",
      "roman": "-énʹki",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "inanimate",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́ньким",
      "roman": "-énʹkym",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нькою",
      "roman": "-énʹkoju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нькими",
      "roman": "-énʹkymy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нькому",
      "roman": "-énʹkomu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нькім",
      "roman": "-énʹkim",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нькій",
      "roman": "-énʹkij",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́ньких",
      "roman": "-énʹkyx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нький",
      "roman": "-énʹkyj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́ньке",
      "roman": "-énʹke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нька",
      "roman": "-énʹka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-е́нькі",
      "roman": "-énʹki",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "suffix",
        "3": "feminine",
        "4": "-енька",
        "5": "adverbial",
        "6": "-енько",
        "cat2": "adjective-forming suffixes",
        "cat3": "diminutive suffixes",
        "g": "m",
        "head": "-е́нький"
      },
      "expansion": "-е́нький • (-énʹkyj) m (feminine -енька, adverbial -енько)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-е́нький"
      },
      "name": "uk-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ukrainian",
  "lang_code": "uk",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees",
        "Ukrainian adjective-forming suffixes",
        "Ukrainian diminutive suffixes",
        "Ukrainian entries with etymology trees",
        "Ukrainian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ukrainian hard-stem stem-stressed adjectives",
        "Ukrainian lemmas",
        "Ukrainian masculine suffixes",
        "Ukrainian rebracketings",
        "Ukrainian suffixes",
        "Ukrainian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic",
        "Ukrainian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Ukrainian terms derived from Proto-Slavic",
        "Ukrainian terms suffixed with -ень",
        "Ukrainian terms suffixed with -кий",
        "Ukrainian terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ми́лий (mýlyj, “dear, sweet”) + -е́нький (-énʹkyj) → миле́нький (mylénʹkyj)"
        },
        {
          "text": "мали́й (malýj, “small”) + -е́нький (-énʹkyj) → мале́нький (malénʹkyj)"
        },
        {
          "text": "молоди́й (molodýj, “young”) + -е́нький (-énʹkyj) → молоде́нький (molodénʹkyj)"
        },
        {
          "text": "сухи́й (suxýj, “dry”) + -е́нький (-énʹkyj) → сухе́нький (suxénʹkyj)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Suffix used to form diminutive adjectives from other adjectives."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "diminutive",
          "Appendix:Glossary#diminutive"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ enʲkei̯]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-енький"
}

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