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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-т (-t) (after a consonant -ыт, after -ӈ & -ӄ -ти)
- Used to form the dual form of regular nouns.
- тылгылӈын → тылгыт = finger → (two) fingers
- ӄураӈа → ӄурат = reindeer → (two) reindeers
- (with the suffix -на), used to indicate dual patients.
- тынун вапаӄ → тынунат вапаӄат = I ate a fly agaric → I ate (two) fly agarics
Mongolian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-т • (-t) (Mongolian spelling ᠲᠤ (tu))
- Dative-locative case marker equating to to, at, or in in English. It is used to show the indirect object of a sentence, or to indicate the time or the place an action will happen.
- Таван цагт явна.
- Tawan cagt yawn.
- (I) go at 5 o’clock.
Usage notes
[edit]Used after all words ending in г, р, с. Otherwise, -д is used with no change in meaning.
Etymology 2
[edit]Originally a short form of the comitative case -тай (-taj). Now a derivational suffix
Suffix
[edit]-т • (-t) (Mongolian spelling ᠲᠤ (tu))
- forms adjectives from nouns and verbs, with the meaning of "with." Sometimes referred to as ornative.