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Mongolian
- -гаад (-gaad) — stems ending in a long vowel or diphthong
- -иад (-iad) — stems ending in и or ь
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Suffix
-аад • (-aad)
- Used to mark the perfective converb.
- Ээж босоод галын өрөөнд оров. ― Eež bosood galyn öröönd orov. ― Mother got up and walked into the kitchen.
Usage notes
- This suffix is used to mark a verb that occurs just before a following matrix verb.
Inflection
| back vowel | front vowel |
| unrounded | -аад
-aad | -ээд
-eed |
| rounded | -оод
-ood | -өөд
-ööd |
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Suffix
-аад • (-aad)
- Marks the distributive form of small numerals.
- дөрвөөд ― dörvööd ― four each
- Marks the approximative form of larger numerals.
- арваад. ― arvaad. ― About ten.
- Монголд 1950-иад. ― Mongold 1950-iad. ― In Mongolia in the 1950s.
Inflection
| back vowel | front vowel |
| unrounded | -аад
-aad | -ээд
-eed |
| rounded | -оод
-ood | -өөд
-ööd |
Etymology 3
From the development of өөд (ööd, “up”) into a suffix.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-аад • (-aad)
- (colloquial) Marks the directive case.
- Synonym: руу (ruu)
Usage notes
- Generally equivalent to the English term up to.
Inflection
| back vowel | front vowel |
| unrounded | -аад
-aad | -ээд
-eed |
| rounded | -оод
-ood | -өөд
-ööd |
References
- Kullman, Rita, & Tserenpil, D. Mongolian Grammar, →ISBN.