-ины

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.

Alternative forms

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