-гийн

Mongolian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Suffix

-гийн • (-giin)

  1. Marks the genitive case:
    1. In the regular declension after a stem ending in a long vowel other than ий.
      даваа (davaa, difficulty) + -гийн (-giin)даваагийн (davaagiin, of difficulty)
    2. In the regular declension after a stem ending in the diphthong иа, ио or иу.
      медиа (media, media) + -гийн (-giin)медиагийн (mediagiin, of media)
    3. In the hidden-g declension.
      орвон (orvon) + орвонгийн (orvongiin) + -гийн (-giin)of the root
  2. Forms patronymics.

Alternative forms

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