үгүй

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠦᠭᠡᠢ (ügei)	үгүй (ügüj)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *ügei. Cognate with Buryat үгы (ügy), Kalmyk уга (uga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.ˈɡui̯/

Noun

үгүй • (ügüj)

1. absence, lack
2. nothing
3. (idiomatically in compounds) destitute

Particle

үгүй • (ügüj)

1. no

   Багш байна уу? Үгүй байхгүй байна

   Bagš bajna uu? Ügüj bajxgüj bajna

   Is the teacher here? No, he is not

2. (poetically) used instead of -гүй

Verb

үгүй • (ügüj)

1. there is no

Derived terms

• -гүй (-güj)
• үгүй байх (ügüj bajx)
• үгүй хийх (ügüj xiix)
• үгүй болох (ügüj bolox)

Synonyms

• (absence, there is no): алга (alga)

Further reading

• “үгүй”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present