-енье

Suffix

 * : -tion, -ence, -ance, -ity, etc. suffix used to form abstract nouns from verbs; added especially to verbs ending in,, and certain other endings, but not

Usage notes

 * This suffix is an alternative form of . Originally, the two suffixes were equivalent, and both variants existed for most words, but nowadays only certain verbs can form nouns in, and these nouns often have an obsolete, poetic or sometimes colloquial flavor.
 * The properties of this suffix are as for ; for example, the stress is usually drawn onto the suffix (but note → ), and the suffix is usually only added to classes of verbs whose past passive participle is formed with the ending  or.