авах

See also: явях, явах, abax, and Abax

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *ab-, compare East Yugur ab. Tentatively connected with Khitan [Khitan Small needed] (aû), a hapax legomenon, by Yingzhe and Janhunen .

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /awəx/, [ˈaw̜ɐχ]

Verb

авах • (avax) (Mongolian spelling ᠠᠪᠬᠤ (abqu))

1. to take, to grab, to seize
2. to appropriate, to claim, to assume
3. to obtain, to acquire
4. to receive, to accept
5. to buy
6. (after verb in -ж (-ž) or -н (-n)) to do for one's own benefit
7. to take off (clothing, body parts)
8. (after verb in -аад (-aad)) to do once
9. to be hit (by wind, light)

Synonyms

• (to take physically): барих (barix), -дах (-dax)
• (to make one's own): эзэмших (ezemšix), эзлэх (ezlex)
• (to remove clothing): тайлах (tajlax)
• (to be hit): цохиулах (coxiulax)

Antonyms

• өгөх (ögöx, “to give, to do for other's benefit”)

Derived terms

• аваачих (avaačix, “to take away”)
• авчрах (avčrax, “to bring”)
• автах (avtax, “to be under influence”)
• авалцах (avalcax, “to link”)
  • авалцаа (avalcaa, “contact”)
    • авалцаатай (avalcaataj, “coherent”)
• авлага (avlaga, “instructions”)

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈavəx]

Noun

а́вах • (ávax) f inan pl

1. prepositional plural of а́ва (áva)