-ність

Ukrainian Etymology Probably originated from the suffix uk -ість added to words ending in uk -ний, and was then extracted by uk 1 as a productive suffix. The same thing happened with e.g. uk -овий and English en -ness. From uk -ний -ість. Compare ru -ность, be -насць. Suffix uk suffix noun-forming suffixes Suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives. A less productive alternative to ru -ість, except after ru ч, where it is the regular suffix. uk гото́вий ready → ru гото́вність readiness (no such word uk *гото́вний exists, making it a special case.) Suffix forming nouns with the meaning of a group of things characterized by the quality designated by the adjectives from which the nouns are formed. uk живи́й living → uk жи́вність small creatures collectively Suffix forming nouns of various sorts from miscellaneous parts of speech. uk суть essence → uk сутність essenceness Usage notes Not all words in uk -ність contain this suffix. Most of them are formed from uk -ість added to adjectives in uk -ний. As noted above, uk -ність is the regular alternative to uk -ість after adjectives whose stem ends in uk ч, e.g. uk жіночій. Declension -́ність<io> Derived terms uk Related terms uk -арність -ентність -енціозність -ивність -ість -ярність See also ru -щи́на, ru -ство, other suffixes for states of being, or being collective'