-ины

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
᠊ᠨ ᠤ (-n-u)	-ины (-iny)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈini/
• Syllabification: и‧ны (2 syllables)

Suffix

-ины • (-iny)

1. Marks the genitive case in the hidden-n declension after a back vowel stem ending in ь (ʹ) or и (i) (which is supplanted).

   ‎хонь (xonʹ, “sheep”) + ‎-ины (-iny) → ‎хонины (xoniny, “sheep's”)

   ‎тархи (tarxi, “brain”) + ‎-ины (-iny) → ‎тархины (tarxiny, “of the brain”)

2. Forms patronymics.

Alternative forms

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