# -nia
## Hungarian
### Etymology

From -ni (infinitive suffix) +‎ -a (third-person singular personal suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nijɒ]

### Suffix

-nia
* (conjugated infinitive suffix) Forms the third-person singular and the second-person singular formal of an infinitive.
    tanulni (“to study”) →
       Jánosnak most tanulnia kell. ― János has to study now.
       Önnek/magának most tanulnia kell. ― You (formal) have to study.

#### Usage notes

* The conjugated infinitive denotes action connected to the person. The non-conjugated infinitive has a general meaning:
    Itt nem szabad dohányoznia. ― S/he is not allowed to smoke here. (third person)
    Itt nem szabad dohányozni. ― Smoking is not allowed here. (general)
* With words like “important, necessary” etc., it is expressed in English as “for him/her to…”.
    Fontos eljönnie. ― It is important for him/her to come here. or It is important that s/he come here.
* Variants:
    -nia is added to back-vowel words that form their infinitive with -ni
       rohanni (“to run”) → Rohannia kell. ― He/she has to run.
    -nie is added to front-vowel words that form their infinitive with -ni
       nevetni (“to laugh”) → Nevetnie kell. ― He/she has to laugh.
       főzni (“to cook”) → Főznie kell. ― He/she has to cook.
    -ania is added to back-vowel words that form their infinitive with -ani
       tanítani (“to teach”) → Tanítania kell. ― He/she has to teach.
    -enie is added to front-vowel words that form their infinitive with -eni
       veszíteni (“to lose”) → Súlyt kell veszítenie. ― He/she has to lose weight.
| Person | Person | Back vowel | Front vowel | Front vowel |
| Person | Person | Back vowel | unrounded | rounded |
| én | 1st person singular | -nom | -nem | -nöm |
| én | after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anom | -enem | -enem |
| te | 2nd person singular | -nod | -ned | -nöd |
| te | after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anod | -ened | -ened |
| ő maga ön | 3rd person singular | -nia | -nie | -nie |
| ő maga ön | after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -ania | -enie | -enie |
| mi | 1st person plural | -nunk | -nünk | -nünk |
| mi | after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anunk | -enünk | -enünk |
| ti | 2nd person plural | -notok | -netek | -nötök |
| ti | after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anotok | -enetek | -enetek |
| ők maguk önök | 3rd person plural | -niuk | -niük | -niük |
| ők maguk önök | after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -aniuk | -eniük | -eniük |
| ők maguk önök | archaic/dialectal | -niok | -niök | -niök |

### See also

* Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

### References

* ↑ -nia in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

## Old Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьňà.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /ɲa/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ɲa/

### Suffix

-nia f
* forms feminine nouns, often but not always denoting places

#### Derived terms
## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish -nia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɲa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

### Suffix

-nia f
* forms feminine nouns, often but not always denoting places
    ‎głos + ‎-nia → ‎głośnia