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Mongolian
Etymology
From Classical Mongolian ᠰᠠᠭ (sag), borrowed from Turkic, originally a combination of a desiderative verb suffix *-sa- and *-k. Compare Karakhanid اَرسَك (erseg, “nymphomaniac”) and Mongolian эрсэг (erseg, “nymphomaniac”).
Pronunciation
(Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): /səɡ/
Suffix
-саг • (-sag)
- (forming adjectives out of nouns) fond of
Inflection
| back vowel | front vowel |
| unrounded | -саг
-sag | -сэг
-seg |
| rounded | -сог
-sog | -сөг
-sög |
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