нэг

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠨᠢᠭᠡ (nige)	нэг (neg)

Mongolian numbers ^(edit)

		10
	←  0	1	2  →	10  →
Cardinal: нэг (neg)     Attributive: нэгэн (negen)     Ordinal: нэгдүгээр (negdügeer), нэг дэх (neg dex)     Adverbial: нэгэнтээ (negentee)     Distributive: нэгээд (negeed)     Collective: нэгүүл (negüül)     Maximative: нэгээр (negeer)

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠨᠢᠭᠡ (nige), from Middle Mongol ᠨ᠋ᠢᠬᠡᠨ (niken), Proto-Mongolic *niken. Compare Buryat нэгэн (negen), Kalmyk негн (negn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neɡ/, [ne̝k]

Numeral

нэг • (neg)

1. one

Usage notes

• Unlike other numbers, the attributive form (нэгэн (negen)) is optional.

See also

• ᠑ (1)

Adverb

нэг • (neg)

1. once

Adjective

нэг • (neg)

1. some, a

Particle

нэг • (neg)

1. (before a verb) denotes momentous aspect
2. (after interrogative) some-

Derived terms

• хааяа нэг (xaajaa neg)

References

• “ᠨᠢᠭᠡ”, in 蒙汉词典 [Mongolian-Chinese Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Chinese), rev. and enl. edition, Hohhot: Inner Mongolia University Press, 1999, →ISBN, →OCLC - via Tohoku University Mongol and Manchu Project by Hitoshi Kuribayashi (usage instructions)