-аар
Mongolian
Etymology 1
Mongolian | Cyrillic |
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ᠪᠠᠷ (-bar) | -аар (-aar) |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Suffix
-аар • (-aar)
- Marks the instrumental case in the regular and hidden-n declensions:
- After a stem ending in a consonant.
- машин (mašin, “vehicle”) + -аар (-aar) → машинаар (mašinaar, “by vehicle”)
- утас (utas, “phone”) + -аар (-aar) → утсаар (utsaar, “by phone”)
- After a stem ending in a consonant followed by a short vowel (which is supplanted).
- халдлага (xaldlaga, “invasion”) + -аар (-aar) → халдлагаар (xaldlagaar, “by invasion”)
- After a stem ending in a consonant.
- With numerals, expresses the maximative degree.
Usage notes
- The instrumental case is sometimes used for some directional as well as standard instrumental semantics.
Inflection
Vowel harmonic forms of -аар
back vowel | front vowel | |
---|---|---|
unrounded | -аар -aar | -ээр -eer |
rounded | -оор -oor | -өөр -öör |
Alternative forms
- -иар (-iar), -яар (-jaar), -гаар (-gaar)
Etymology 2
Mongolian | Cyrillic |
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᠊ᠶᠡᠷᠢ (-yeri) | -аар (-aar) |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Suffix
-аар • (-aar)
- Forms nouns from verbs.
Inflection
Vowel harmonic forms of -аар
back vowel | front vowel | |
---|---|---|
unrounded | -аар -aar | -ээр -eer |
rounded | -оор -oor | -өөр -öör |
Alternative forms
- -иар (-iar), -яар (-jaar), -гаар (-gaar)
Derived terms
Mongolian terms suffixed with -аар