-онька
Russian
Alternative forms
- -енька (-enʹka) — used after soft consonants, the hushing consonants ш ж ч щ as well as ц
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ənʲkə]
Suffix
-онька • (-onʹka) m anim or m inan or f anim or f inan
- suffix forming diminutive, often endearing, nouns from other nouns and adjectives
Declension
Declension of -онька (bian fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -онька -onʹka |
-оньки -onʹki | |
| genitive | -оньки -onʹki |
-онек -onek | |
| dative | -оньке -onʹke |
-онькам -onʹkam | |
| accusative | animate | -оньку -onʹku |
-онек -onek |
| inanimate | -оньки -onʹki | ||
| instrumental | -онькой, -онькою -onʹkoj, -onʹkoju |
-оньками -onʹkami | |
| prepositional | -оньке -onʹke |
-оньках -onʹkax | |
Derived terms
Russian terms suffixed with -онька
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ ˈɔnʲkɐ]
Etymology 1
Etymology tree
From Proto-Slavic *-nь + Ukrainian -ка (-ka).
Suffix
-онька • (-onʹka) f pers or f inan (variant -енька)
- suffix forming diminutive, often endearing, nouns from other nouns and adjectives
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -́онька -́onʹka |
-́оньки -́onʹky |
| genitive | -́оньки -́onʹky |
-́оньок -́onʹok |
| dative | -́оньці -́onʹci |
-́онькам -́onʹkam |
| accusative | -́оньку -́onʹku |
-́оньки, -́оньок -́onʹky, -́onʹok |
| instrumental | -́онькою -́onʹkoju |
-́оньками -́onʹkamy |
| locative | -́оньці -́onʹci |
-́оньках -́onʹkax |
| vocative | -́онько -́onʹko |
-́оньки -́onʹky |
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Suffix
-онька • (-onʹka)
- feminine nominative/vocative singular of -онький (-onʹkyj)
References
- Лев Миха́йлович Полю́га [Lev Mykhailovych Poliuha] (2001), Словник українських морфем: близько 40 000 слів [Dictionary of Ukrainian morphemes: close to 40,000 words] (in Ukrainian), Львів [Lviv]: Світ [Svit], →ISBN, page 387
- “оньк”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection][1]