-дах

See also: дах and даҳ

Mongolian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /təx/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mongolic *-da-.

Suffix

-дах • (-dax) (Mongolian spelling ᠳᠠᠬᠤ (daqu)) (complying with vowel harmony)

2. (forming verbs out of nouns)
   1. to use (a tool, a substance)

      тос (tos) - fat, grease

      тосдох (tosdox) - to smear with grease

   2. to grab by

      хүзүү (xüzüü) - neck

      хүзүүдэх (xüzüüdex) - to grab by neck

   3. to hit with

      чулуу (čuluu) - rock

      чулуудах (čuluudax) - to hurl a rock

   4. to be subject to

      газар (gazar) - ground

      газардах (gazardax) - to land, to touch the ground

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mongolic *-d-

Suffix

-дах • (-dax) (Mongolian spelling ᠳᠬᠤ (dqu)) (complying with vowel harmony)

2. (forming verbs out of adjectives) to possess a quality, to possess a quality to an excessive degree, more than suitable.

   жижиг (žižig) — small

   жижигдэх (žižigdex) — to be (too) small

Usage notes

• Can also be added to privative forms in -гүй (-güj)

Etymology 3

Inherited from Classical Mongolian -ᠳᠠ- (-da-), regularly used after consonant stems in -ᠯ- (-l-) in Classical Mongolian.

Suffix

-дах • (-dax) (complying with vowel harmony)

2. variant form of -гдах (-gdax)

Usage notes

• This form is used with some verbs ending in л (l) or с (s)

Derived terms

Mongolian terms suffixed with -дах