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Mongolian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Suffix
-ины • (-iny)
- Marks the genitive case in the hidden-n declension after a back vowel stem ending in ь (ʹ) or и (i) (which is supplanted).
- хонь (xonʹ, “sheep”) + -ины (-iny) → хонины (xoniny, “sheep's”)
- тархи (tarxi, “brain”) + -ины (-iny) → тархины (tarxiny, “of the brain”)
- Forms patronymics.