-итай

-итай

Mongolian

Suffix

-итай • (-itaj)

1. Marks the comitative case in the regular and hidden-n declensions after a stem ending in д (d), ж (ž), з (z), п (p), с (s), т (t), ф (f), х (x), ц (c), ч (č), ш (š) or щ (šč) followed by ь (ʹ) or и (i) (which is supplanted).

   ‎даахь (daaxʹ, “frizzy hair”) + ‎-итай (-itaj) → ‎даахитай (daaxitaj, “with frizzy hair”)

Inflection

Vowel harmonic forms of -итай 

	back vowel	front vowel
unrounded	-итай -itaj	-итэй -itej
rounded	-итой -itoj

Alternative forms

• -тай (-taj)

Etymology 2

From lexicalization of terms using the comitative suffix.

Suffix

-итай • (-itaj)

1. Used to form adjectives from nouns after a stem ending in д (d), ж (ž), з (z), п (p), с (s), т (t), ф (f), х (x), ц (c), ч (č), ш (š) or щ (šč) followed by ь (ʹ) or и (i) (which is supplanted).

Inflection

Vowel harmonic forms of -итай 

	back vowel	front vowel
unrounded	-итай -itaj	-итэй -itej
rounded	-итой -itoj