-nia

From -ni (infinitive suffix) +‎ -a (third-person singular personal suffix).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [nijɒ]

-nia

1. (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.

• 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.

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьňà.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /ɲa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ɲa/

-nia f

1. forms feminine nouns, often but not always denoting places

Inherited from Old Polish -nia.

• IPA^(key): /ɲa/

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• Rhymes: -a
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-nia f

1. forms feminine nouns, often but not always denoting places

   ‎głos + ‎-nia → ‎głośnia