-nni

-nni

1. Suffix to denote existence of

   qullcha (“pasturage”) → qullchanni (“existence of pasturage”)

Possibly -nne (sublative suffix) + -i (lative suffix). Related to Estonian -ni (terminative case suffix).

-nni

1. (rare) Forms terminative adverbs.

-nni

1. (infinitive suffix) Used to form the infinitive.

   iszik (“drink”) → inni (“to drink”)

For the other senses, see -ni.

• (infinitive suffix) Variants:

  -ni is added to most verbs

  ad (“give”) → adni (“to give”)

  -ani is added to back-vowel verbs ending in -ít or in two consonants

  tanít (“teach”) → tanítani (“to teach”)

  akaszt (“hang”) → akasztani (“to hang”)

  bont (“demolish”) → bontani (“to demolish”)

  -eni is added to front-vowel verbs ending in -ít or in two consonants

  veszít (“lose”) → veszíteni (“to lose”)

  ijeszt (“frighten”) → ijeszteni (“to frighten”)

  csökkent (“reduce”) → csökkenteni (“to reduce”)

  -nni is added to verbs with variant stems

  vesz (“buy”) → venni (“to buy”)

  eszik (“eat”) → enni (“to eat”)

• Category:Hungarian infinitives
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes