-ы

See also: ы, ꙑ, Ы, and Appendix:Variations of "i"

Moksha

Etymology

Perhaps related to Finnish -ja, Estonian -ja, Livonian -ji, e.g., jūoji (“drinker”).

Suffix

-ы • (-y)

agentive suffix
- V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
  ваны, аралай (наблюдатель)
  vany, aralaj (nabljudatelʹ)
  observer (observer [in Russian])

Declension

Definite declension of -ы

	singular	plural
nominative	-ысь (-ysʹ)	-ыхне (-yxne)
genitive	-ыть (-ytʹ)	-ыхнень (-yxnenʹ)
dative	-ыти (-yti)	-ыхненди (-yxnendi)

Derived terms

Moksha terms suffixed with -ы

Mongolian

Etymology

From Classical Mongolian  ᠢ (-i) and  ᠠᠢ (-ai̯).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈi/
Syllabification: ы (1 syllable)

Suffix

-ы • (-y)

Marks the genitive case in the regular declension after a back vowel stem ending in н (n).
‎чидун (čidun, “olive tree”) + ‎-ы (-y) → ‎чидуны (čiduny, “olive tree's”)
Forms patronymics.

Alternative forms

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

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