ня́ня

uncommon #6525

nounfeminineanimatecountable

1.
nanny, babysitter, nursemaid, childminder
Мы на́няли ня́ню для мла́дшего сы́на.
We hired a nanny for our youngest son.
The usual word for a hired carer of small children; also used affectionately of an old family nurse.
2.
nursing assistant, auxiliary nurse, carermedicine
Ня́ня помога́ла больным после опера́ции.
The auxiliary nurse looked after the patients after their operations.
Of hospital staff who wash and feed patients rather than of qualified nurses.

Examples

Няня, нянчившаяся с малышом с рождения, стала родной для семьи.
The nanny, who had cared for the baby since birth, became like family to them.
У неё нет ня́ни, поэтому она не мо́жет пойти́ на вечери́нку.
She doesn't have a babysitter, so she can't go to the party.
Подыскавшие няню родители снова вышли на работу.
The parents who had found a nanny went back to work.
Я помню няню, одевавшую меня каждое утро.
I remember the nanny who dressed me every morning.
Она нанималась няней в богатую семью.
She took a job as a nanny with a wealthy family.
Няня, распеленавшая малыша, положила его в ванночку.
The nanny who had unswaddled the baby put him in the bathtub.
Том сказа́л мне, что ты и́щешь ня́ню.
Tom told me you were looking for a babysitter.
Няня, обтиравшая малыша губкой, пела ему песню.
The nanny, wiping the baby with a sponge, sang it a song.
Том сказа́л мне, что вы и́щете ня́ню.
Tom told me you were looking for a babysitter.
Малыш, кутаемый няней, перестал плакать.
The baby, wrapped up by the nanny, stopped crying.