"-ы" meaning in Mongolian

See -ы in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: [iː] (note: Khalkha; does not cause umlaut)
Etymology: Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠤ᠋ (-u), from Middle Mongol ᠤ᠋ (-u). Cognate with Buryat -ай (-aj). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|mn|cmg|ᠤ᠋|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=-u|ts=}} Classical Mongolian ᠤ᠋ (-u), {{inh+|mn|cmg|ᠤ᠋|tr=-u}} Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠤ᠋ (-u), {{inh|mn|xng|ᠤ᠋|tr=-u}} Middle Mongol ᠤ᠋ (-u), {{cog|bua|-ай}} Buryat -ай (-aj) Head templates: {{mn-suffix|cat2=genitive suffixes}} -ы • (-y) Forms: -y [alternative], -ын [alternative], -ийн [alternative], -ий [alternative], -н [alternative], -ны [alternative], -ний [alternative], -ины [alternative], -иний [alternative], -гийн [alternative]
  1. Marks the genitive case in the regular declension after a back vowel stem ending in н (n). Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ы-mn-suffix-e~qLYeao Categories (other): Classical Mongolian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Middle Mongol terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Mongolian entries with incorrect language header, Mongolian terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Classical Mongolian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 19 15 26 22 18 Disambiguation of Middle Mongol terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 23 7 20 26 24 Disambiguation of Mongolian entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Mongolian terms with redundant script codes: 56 44
  2. Forms patronymics. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ы-mn-suffix-eri7ebqn Categories (other): Classical Mongolian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Middle Mongol terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Mongolian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Classical Mongolian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 19 15 26 22 18 Disambiguation of Middle Mongol terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 23 7 20 26 24 Disambiguation of Mongolian entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "ᠤ᠋",
      "ᠤ᠋#Classical_Mongolian"
    ],
    [
      "ᠤ᠋",
      "ᠤ᠋#Middle_Mongol"
    ],
    [
      "-ай",
      "-ай#Buryat"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mn",
        "2": "cmg",
        "3": "ᠤ᠋",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "-u",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Mongolian ᠤ᠋ (-u)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mn",
        "2": "cmg",
        "3": "ᠤ᠋",
        "tr": "-u"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠤ᠋ (-u)",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mn",
        "2": "xng",
        "3": "ᠤ᠋",
        "tr": "-u"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Mongol ᠤ᠋ (-u)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bua",
        "2": "-ай"
      },
      "expansion": "Buryat -ай (-aj)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠤ᠋ (-u), from Middle Mongol ᠤ᠋ (-u). Cognate with Buryat -ай (-aj).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-y",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ын",
      "roman": "-yn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ийн",
      "roman": "-iin",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ий",
      "roman": "-ii",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-н",
      "roman": "-n",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ны",
      "roman": "-ny",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ний",
      "roman": "-nii",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ины",
      "roman": "-iny",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-иний",
      "roman": "-inii",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-гийн",
      "roman": "-giin",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "cat2": "genitive suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-ы • (-y)",
      "name": "mn-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Mongolian",
  "lang_code": "mn",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 15 26 22 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Classical Mongolian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 7 20 26 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Mongol terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mongolian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mongolian terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "чидун (čidun, “olive tree”) + -ы (-y) → чидуны (čiduny, “olive tree's”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Marks the genitive case in the regular declension after a back vowel stem ending in н (n)."
      ],
      "id": "en--ы-mn-suffix-e~qLYeao",
      "links": [
        [
          "genitive case",
          "genitive case#English"
        ],
        [
          "back vowel",
          "back vowel#English"
        ],
        [
          "stem",
          "stem#English"
        ],
        [
          "н",
          "н#Mongolian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 15 26 22 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Classical Mongolian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 7 20 26 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Mongol terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mongolian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms patronymics."
      ],
      "id": "en--ы-mn-suffix-eri7ebqn",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[iː]",
      "note": "Khalkha; does not cause umlaut"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ы"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Classical Mongolian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Middle Mongol terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Mongolian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Mongolian genitive suffixes",
    "Mongolian lemmas",
    "Mongolian suffixes",
    "Mongolian terms derived from Classical Mongolian",
    "Mongolian terms derived from Middle Mongol",
    "Mongolian terms inherited from Classical Mongolian",
    "Mongolian terms inherited from Middle Mongol",
    "Mongolian terms with redundant script codes",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "ᠤ᠋",
      "ᠤ᠋#Classical_Mongolian"
    ],
    [
      "ᠤ᠋",
      "ᠤ᠋#Middle_Mongol"
    ],
    [
      "-ай",
      "-ай#Buryat"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mn",
        "2": "cmg",
        "3": "ᠤ᠋",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "-u",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Mongolian ᠤ᠋ (-u)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mn",
        "2": "cmg",
        "3": "ᠤ᠋",
        "tr": "-u"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠤ᠋ (-u)",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mn",
        "2": "xng",
        "3": "ᠤ᠋",
        "tr": "-u"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Mongol ᠤ᠋ (-u)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bua",
        "2": "-ай"
      },
      "expansion": "Buryat -ай (-aj)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠤ᠋ (-u), from Middle Mongol ᠤ᠋ (-u). Cognate with Buryat -ай (-aj).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-y",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ын",
      "roman": "-yn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ийн",
      "roman": "-iin",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ий",
      "roman": "-ii",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-н",
      "roman": "-n",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ны",
      "roman": "-ny",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ний",
      "roman": "-nii",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ины",
      "roman": "-iny",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-иний",
      "roman": "-inii",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-гийн",
      "roman": "-giin",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "cat2": "genitive suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-ы • (-y)",
      "name": "mn-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Mongolian",
  "lang_code": "mn",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "чидун (čidun, “olive tree”) + -ы (-y) → чидуны (čiduny, “olive tree's”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Marks the genitive case in the regular declension after a back vowel stem ending in н (n)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "genitive case",
          "genitive case#English"
        ],
        [
          "back vowel",
          "back vowel#English"
        ],
        [
          "stem",
          "stem#English"
        ],
        [
          "н",
          "н#Mongolian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Forms patronymics."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[iː]",
      "note": "Khalkha; does not cause umlaut"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ы"
}

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