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Mongolian
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *ügei. Cognate with Buryat үгы (ügy), Kalmyk уга (uga).
Pronunciation
Noun
үгүй • (ügüj)
- absence, lack
- nothing
- (idiomatically in compounds) destitute
Particle
үгүй • (ügüj)
- no
Багш байна уу? Үгүй байхгүй байна- Bagš bajna uu? Ügüj bajxgüj bajna
- Is the teacher here? No, he is not
- (poetically) used instead of -гүй
Verb
үгүй • (ügüj)
- there is no
Derived terms
Synonyms
- (absence, there is no): алга (alga)
Further reading
- “үгүй”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present