-гийн

Mongolian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiːŋ/
• Syllabification: гийн (1 syllable)

Suffix

-гийн • (-giin)

1. Marks the genitive case:
   1. In the regular declension after a stem ending in a long vowel other than ⟨ий⟩.

      ‎даваа (davaa, “difficulty”) + ‎-гийн (-giin) → ‎даваагийн (davaagiin, “of difficulty”)

   2. In the regular declension after a stem ending in the diphthong ⟨иа⟩, ⟨ио⟩ or ⟨иу⟩.

      ‎медиа (media, “media”) + ‎-гийн (-giin) → ‎медиагийн (mediagiin, “of media”)

   3. In the hidden-g declension.

      ‎орвон (orvon) + ‎орвонгийн (orvongiin) + ‎-гийн (-giin) → ‎of the root

2. Forms patronymics.

Alternative forms

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