Inherited  fromProto-Slavic *-ьňa *-ьnъ *-ja 
-ня •  (-nja )( paroxytone ) 
forms nouns denoting the place where an occupation or office is performed ко́локол ( kólokol ,“ bell ” )  + -ня ( -nja )  → колоко́льня ( kolokólʹnja ,“ bell tower ” )  печа́тать ( pečátatʹ ,“ toprint  ” )  + -ня ( -nja )  → печа́тня ( pečátnja ,“ printing house ” )  ве́чер ( véčer ,“ evening ” )  + -ня ( -nja )  → вече́рня ( večérnja ,“ vespers ” )  цирю́льник ( cirjúlʹnik ,“ barber ” )  + -ня ( -nja )  → цирю́льня ( cirjúlʹnja ,“ barbershop ” )  дегтя́рь ( degtjárʹ ,“ tar worker ” )  + -ня ( -nja )  → дегтя́рня ( degtjárnja ,“ tar works, where tar is extracted ” )  ( archaic ) forms nouns denoting amassment forms nouns denoting material objects taking their shape from a particular application on them forms nouns for groups of people сто ( sto ,“ hundred ” )  + -ня ( -nja )  → со́тня ( sótnja ,“ a military unit of hundred ” )  двор ( dvor ,“ homestead, court ” )  + -ня ( -nja )  → дво́рня ( dvórnja ,“ servants ” )  -ня́ •  (-njá )( oxytone ) 
forms nouns denoting amassment forms nouns denoting an over-repetitive action ре́зать ( rézatʹ ,“ tocut  ” )  + -ня́ ( -njá )  → резня́ ( reznjá ,“ massacre ” )  шепта́ть ( šeptátʹ ,“ to whisper ” )  + -ня́ ( -njá )  → шепотня́ ( šepotnjá ,“ whispering ” )  forms nouns denoting material objects taking their shape from a particular application on them лы́жа ( lýža ,“ ski ” )  + -ня́ ( -njá )  → лыжня́ ( lyžnjá ,“ ski trail ” )  рука́ ( ruká ,“ hand ” )  + -ня́ ( -njá )  → ручня́ ( ručnjá ,“ sheaf, fistful ” )  голова́ ( golová ,“ head ” )  + -ня́ ( -njá )  → головня́ ( golovnjá ,“ brand, piece of wood burnt till only the head is left ” )  ( rude,  derogatory  ) forms nouns for groups of people алка́ш ( alkáš ,“ alkie ” )  + -ня́ ( -njá )  → алкашня́ ( alkašnjá ,“ alkies ” )  ребя́та ( rebjáta ,“ children ” )  + -ня́ ( -njá )  → ребятня́ ( rebjatnjá ,“ brats ” )  Kiparsky, Valentin  (1975 ),Russische historische Grammatik. Band III: Entwicklung des Wortschatzes  (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page242 From-нь ( -nʹ )  +-а ( -a ) . FromProto-Slavic *-ьnъ Proto-Slavic *-ja 
-́ня •  (-́nja ) f ( paroxytone ) 
forms nouns denoting the place where an occupation or office is performed друкувати ( drukuvaty ,“ toprint  ” )  + -ня ( -nja )  → друка́рня ( drukárnja ,“ printing house ” )  перукар ( perukar ,“ barber ” )  + -ня ( -nja )  → перукарня ( perukarnja ,“ barbershop ” )  дьогтя́р ( dʹohtjár ,“ tar worker ” )  + -ня ( -nja )  → дьогтя́рня ( dʹohtjárnja ,“ tar works, where tar is extracted ” )  ( archaic ) forms nouns denoting amassment forms nouns denoting material objects taking their shape from a particular application on them по́внити ( póvnyty ,“ to full out, to top up ” )  + -ня́ ( -njá )  → по́вня ( póvnja ,“ full moon ” )  forms nouns for groups of people сто ( sto ,“ hundred ” )  + -ня ( -nja )  → со́тня ( sótnja ,“ a military unit of hundred ” )  двір ( dvir ,“ homestead, court ” )  + -ня ( -nja )  → дві́рня ( dvírnja ,“ servants ” )  -ня́ •  (-njá ) f ( oxytone ) 
forms nouns denoting amassment forms nouns denoting an over-repetitive action рі́зати ( rízaty ,“ tocut  ” )  + -ня́ ( -njá )  → різня́ ( riznjá ,“ massacre ” )  forms nouns denoting material objects taking their shape from a particular application on them ли́жа ( lýža ,“ ski ” )  + -ня́ ( -njá )  → лижня́ ( lyžnjá ,“ ski trail ” )  голова́ ( holová ,“ head ” )  + -ня́ ( -njá )  → головня́ ( holovnjá ,“ brand, piece of wood burnt till only the head is left ” )  ( rude,  derogatory  ) forms nouns for groups of people алка́ш ( alkáš ,“ alkie ” )  + -ня́ ( -njá )  → алкашня́ ( alkašnjá ,“ alkies ” )  -ня •  (-nja ) f variant -на Etymology 3 )( nominalized ) 
feminine  of-ній ( -nij ) ( fornominalized  adjectival nouns ) 
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma  form.
-ня •  (-nja )
feminine nominative / vocative singular  of-ній ( -nij ) -́ня •  (-́nja ) m 
genitive singular  of-ень ( -enʹ ) -ня •  (-nja ) n  inan 
( dialectal ) inflection of-нє ( -nje )  genitive singular nominative / accusative / vocative plural