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Mongolian
Etymology 1
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Suffix
-тай • (-taj)
- Used to form adjectives from nouns.
Inflection
| back vowel | front vowel |
| unrounded | -тай
-taj | -тэй
-tej |
| rounded | -той
-toj |
Etymology 2
From the development of the derivational suffix into a case form.
Suffix
-тай • (-taj)
- Marks the comitative case:
- In the regular and hidden-n declensions after a stem ending in a consonant.
- муур (muur, “cat”) + -тай (-taj) → мууртай (muurtaj, “with the cat”)
- In the regular and hidden-n declensions after a long vowel, diphthong, iotated vowel or short vowel (which is retained).
- малгай (malgaj, “hat”) + -тай (-taj) → малгайтай (malgajtaj, “with a hat”)
- In the regular and hidden-n declensions after a stem ending in б (b), в (v), г (g), л (l), м (m), н (n) or р (r) followed by ь (ʹ) or и (i) (which is retained).
- туурь (tuurʹ, “ruins”) + -тай (-taj) → туурьтай (tuurʹtaj, “with the ruins”)
- In the hidden-g declension.
- хувин (xuvin, “bucket”) + -тай (-taj) → хувинтай (xuvintaj, “ with a bucket”)
- With numerals, expresses age in years.
- чи арвантай болно. ― či arvantaj bolno. ― You will be ten years old.
Inflection
| back vowel | front vowel |
| unrounded | -тай
-taj | -тэй
-tej |
| rounded | -той
-toj |
Alternative forms