-ын

• IPA^(key): /ən/
• Rhymes: -ən
• Hyphenation: -ын

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-ын • (-yn)

1. unstressed final vowel form of -н (-n)

   ‎автор (avtor, “author”) + ‎-ын (-yn) → ‎авторын (avtoryn, “author's”)

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-ын • (-yn)

1. unstressed final vowel form of -н (-n)

   ‎шочмо (šočmo, “Monday”) + ‎-ын (-yn) → ‎шочмын (šočmyn, “on Monday”)

From Classical Mongolian ᠤᠨ (-un) and ᠶᠢᠨ (-yin), from Middle Mongol ᠤᠨ (-un) and ᠶᠢᠨ (-yin).

• IPA^(key): /iːŋ/ (making no vowel mutation to the previous syllable)

-ын • (-yn)

1. Marks the genitive case in the regular declension:
   1. After a back vowel stem ending in the consonant б (b), в (v), д (d), з (z), л (l), м (m), п (p), р (r), с (s), т (t), ф (f), х (x) or ц (c).

      ‎гар (gar, “hand”) + ‎-ын (-yn) → ‎гарын (garyn, “hand’s, of hand”)

   2. After a back vowel stem ending in a consonant followed by a short vowel (which is supplanted).

      ‎барга (barga, “Barag”) + ‎-ын (-yn) → ‎баргын (bargyn, “of the Barag”)

   3. After a back vowel stem ending in an iotated vowel.

      ‎сая (saja, “million”) + ‎-ын (-yn) → ‎саяын (sajayn, “of a million”).

2. Forms patronymics.

   ‎Мөнхбаатар (Mönxbaatar, given name) + ‎-ын (-yn) → ‎Мөнхбаатрын (Mönxbaatryn, patronymic)

• -ийн (-iin), -ы (-y), -ий (-ii), -н (-n), -ны (-ny), -ний (-nii), -ины (-iny), -иний (-inii), -гийн (-giin)

• -ынх (-ynx)
• -ынхаа (-ynxaa), -ынхоо (-ynxoo)

• -т (-t)

• (Digor) -ун (-un)

From Proto-Iranian *-una- (verbal noun interfix). Perhaps related to Northern Kurdish -în.

IPA^(key): /ɨn/

-ын • (-yn)

1. forms infinitive form of verbs
2. forms first person singular present form of verbs

• Thordarson, Fridrik (1989) “Ossetic”, in Schmitt Rüdiger, editor, Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 474 of 456–479

• IPA^(key):

-ын • (-yn)

1. Alternative form of -ин (-in): 's (possessive suffix)

   ‎пти́ца (ptíca, “bird”) + ‎-ын (-yn) → ‎пти́цын (ptícyn, “bird's”)

   ‎Тро́ица (Tróica, “Trinity”) + ‎-ын (-yn) → ‎Тро́ицын (Tróicyn, “Trinity”) (relational)

   Тро́ицын день ― Tróicyn denʹ ― Whitsunday

• This suffix is only used after ц. After all other consonants, -ин (-in) is used, even though it is pronounced like -ын (-yn) after the hushing consonants ш ж ч щ.

• -ев (-ev), -ёв (-jóv), -ов (-ov)