-тай

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See also: таи, тај, and тай

Mongolian

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Etymology 1

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MongolianCyrillic
᠊ᠲᠠᠢ
(-tai)
-тай
(-taj)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

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-тай (-taj)

  1. Used to form adjectives from nouns.
Inflection
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Etymology 2

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠲᠠᠢ
(-tai)
-тай
(-taj)

From the development of the derivational suffix into a case form.

Suffix

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-тай (-taj)

  1. Marks the comitative case:
    1. In the regular and hidden-n declensions after a stem ending in a consonant.
      муур (muur, cat) + ‎-тай (-taj) → ‎мууртай (muurtaj, with the cat)
    2. In the regular and hidden-n declensions after a long vowel, diphthong, iotated vowel or short vowel (which is retained).
      малгай (malgaj, hat) + ‎-тай (-taj) → ‎малгайтай (malgajtaj, with a hat)
    3. In the regular and hidden-n declensions after a stem ending in б (b), в (v), г (g), л (l), м (m), н (n) or р (r) followed by ь (ʹ) or и (i) (which is retained).
      туурь (tuurʹ, ruins) + ‎-тай (-taj) → ‎туурьтай (tuurʹtaj, with the ruins)
    4. In the hidden-g declension.
      хувин (xuvin, bucket) + ‎-тай (-taj) → ‎хувинтай (xuvintaj, [along] with a bucket)
  2. With numerals, expresses age in years.
    чи арвантай болно.či arvantaj bolno.You will be ten years old.
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