-н
See also: н, њ, and Н
Mongolian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈŋ/
- Syllabification: -‧н (2 syllables)
Etymology 1
Mongolian | Cyrillic |
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᠊ᠨ (-n) | -н (-n) |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Suffix
-н • (-n)
- Marks the attributive form of a noun in the hidden-n declension after a stem ending in a vowel.
Alternative forms
- -ан (-an) – stems ending in most consonants
- -ин (-in) – stems ending in ж, ч, ш or щ
Etymology 2
Mongolian | Cyrillic |
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ᠶᠢᠨ (-yin) | -н (-n) |
Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠶᠢᠨ (-yin).
Suffix
-н • (-n)
- Marks the genitive case in the regular declension:
- After a stem ending in the long vowel⟨ий⟩.
- жавтий (žavtii, “sin”) + -н (-n) → жавтийн (žavtiin, “of sin”)
- After a stem ending in a diphthong ending in й (j).
- нохой (noxoj, “dog”) + -н (-n) → нохойн (noxojn, “dog's”)
- After a stem ending in the long vowel⟨ий⟩.
- Forms patronymics.
Alternative forms
- -ын (-yn), -ийн (-iin), -ы (-y), -ий (-ii), -ны (-ny), -ний (-nii), -ины (-iny), -иний (-inii), -гийн (-giin)
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Suffix
-н • (-n)
- The modal converb, expresses mode of action.