-ины

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Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
᠊ᠨ ᠤ
(-n-u)
-ины
(-iny)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Suffix

-ины (-iny)

  1. 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)
  2. Forms patronymics.

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