-сан

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Mongolian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Mongolic *-gsan, compare Daur -seng.

Suffix[edit]

-сан (-san)

  1. The past participle suffix

Example: Би номыг авсан (I bought a book). Би мах идсэн (I ate meat). Та муу байсан. (You were bad)

Usage notes[edit]

  • Verb forms built using this suffix can form finite clauses, and are the most unmarked way of conveying past meaning. Yet, this suffix belongs primarily in the participle conjugation.

Inflection[edit]

Russian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Japanese さん (san).

Pronunciation[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-сан (-san)

  1. a polite suffix added to surnames