-дах
See also: дах and даҳ
Mongolian
Pronunciation
(Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): /təx/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Mongolic *-da-.
Suffix
-дах • (-dax) (Mongolian spelling ᠳᠠᠬᠤ (daqu))
- (forming verbs out of nouns)
- to use (a tool, a substance)
- тос (tos) - fat, grease
- тосдох (tosdox) - to smear with grease
- to grab by
- хүзүү (xüzüü) - neck
- хүзүүдэх (xüzüüdex) - to grab by neck
- to hit with
- чулуу (čuluu) - rock
- чулуудах (čuluudax) - to hurl a rock
- to be subject to
- газар (gazar) - ground
- газардах (gazardax) - to land, to touch the ground
- (with a numeral):
- to occur that many times
- to divide into that many
- to use (a tool, a substance)
Inflection
Vowel harmonic forms of -дах
back vowel | front vowel | |
---|---|---|
unrounded | -дах -dax | -дэх -dex |
rounded | -дох -dox | -дөх -döx |
Etymology 2
From Proto-Mongolic *-d-.
Suffix
-дах • (-dax) (Mongolian spelling ᠳᠬᠤ (dqu))
- (forming verbs out of adjectives) to possess a quality, to possess a quality to an excessive degree, more than suitable.
- жижиг (žižig) — small
- жижигдэх (žižigdex) — to be (too) small
Usage notes
- Can also be added to privative forms in -гүй (-güj)
Inflection
Vowel harmonic forms of -дах
back vowel | front vowel | |
---|---|---|
unrounded | -дах -dax | -дэх -dex |
rounded | -дох -dox | -дөх -döx |
Etymology 3
Inherited from Classical Mongolian -ᠳᠠ- (-da-), regularly used after consonant stems in -ᠯ- (-l-) in Classical Mongolian.
Suffix
-дах • (-dax)
- variant form of -гдах (-gdax)
Usage notes
- This form is used with some verbs ending in л (l) or с (s)
Inflection
Vowel harmonic forms of -дах
back vowel | front vowel | |
---|---|---|
unrounded | -дах -dax | -дэх -dex |
rounded | -дох -dox | -дөх -döx |
Derived terms
Mongolian terms suffixed with -дах