-ны
Alutor
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nə/
Suffix
-ны (-nə) (dual -ыт, plural -увви)
- nominal suffix denoting a place where an action occurs or would normally occur, a place for V-ing
- анутваны (spend.summer-ны)
- summer camp, a place where summer is spent
- емыны (draw.water-ны)
- water hole, a place where one draws water
Related terms
- -ю
- -инаӈ
- -лӈын
- -ӈа
- ∅
References
- Grammatical sketches from the field with Yukari Nagayama
Belarusian
Alternative forms
- -ні (-ni) (soft)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ. Cognate with Russian -ный (-nyj), Ukrainian -ний (-nyj), Polish -ny.
Suffix
-ны or -ны́ • (-ny or -ný)
- Used to form adjectives from nouns; -ish, -y.
- го́лад (hólad) + -ны (-ny) → гало́дны (halódny)
Derived terms
Belarusian terms suffixed with -ны
Mongolian
Mongolian | Cyrillic |
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᠊ᠨ ᠤ (-n-u) | -ны (-ny) |
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈni/
- Syllabification: ны (1 syllable)
Suffix
-ны • (-ny)
- Marks the genitive case in the hidden-n declension:
- After a back vowel stem ending in a consonant.
- мод (mod, “tree”) + -ны (-ny) → модны (modny, “tree's”)
- After a back vowel stem ending in a long vowel, diphthong or iotated vowel.
- зангуу (zanguu, “anchor”) + -ны (-ny) → зангууны (zanguuny, “anchor's”)
- After a back vowel stem ending in a consonant followed by a short vowel (which is retained).
- чарга (čarga, “sledge”) + -ны (-ny) → чарганы (čargany, “sledge's”)
- After a back vowel stem ending in a consonant.
- Forms patronymics.
Alternative forms
- -ын (-yn), -ийн (-iin), -ы (-y), -ий (-ii), -н (-n), -ний (-nii), -ины (-iny), -иний (-inii), -гийн (-giin)
Nivkh
Suffix
-ны (-nə)
- Future tense marker for verbs
- иньдь (iņd̦) + -ны (-nə) → иньныдь (iņnəd̦)