давс

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠳᠠᠪᠤᠰᠤ (dabusu)	давс (davs)

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠳᠠᠪᠤᠰᠤ (dabusu), from Middle Mongol ᠳᠠᠪᠤᠰᠤᠨ (dabusun), from Proto-Mongolic *dabusun, probably borrowed from an early Turkic language, compare Buryat дабһан (dabhan), Kalmyk давсн (davsn), Dongxiang dansun; Manchu ᡩᠠᠪᠰᡠᠨ (dabsun); Chuvash тӑвар (tăvar).

Pronunciation

• (Khalkha) IPA^(key): [täʍ̜s]

Noun

давс • (davs); (hidden-n declension)

1. salt

Declension

Declension of давс (sg-only а-harmonic hidden-n)

attributive давсан davsan singular / indefinite nominative давс davs genitive давсны davsny accusative давсыг davsyg dative-locative давсанд davsand ablative давснаас davsnaas instrumental давсаар davsaar comitative давстай davstaj privative давсгүй davsgüj directive давс руу davs ruu Reflexive possessive forms  singular / indefinite nominative давсаа davsaa genitive давсныхаа davsnyxaa accusative давсыгаа davsygaa dative-locative давсандаа davsandaa ablative давснаасаа davsnaasaa instrumental давсаараа davsaaraa comitative давстайгаа davstajgaa privative давсгүйгээ davsgüjgee directive давс руугаа davs ruugaa independent genitive singular / indefinite singular possession давсных davsnyx collective possession давсныхан davsnyxan

Derived terms

• давслах (davslax, “to salt”)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “tuz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük