-ы

See also: ы, ꙑ, Ы, and Appendix:Variations of "i"

Moksha

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *-a-j(a) ~ *-ə-j(a), inherited from Proto-Uralic *-ja (present participle ending). Compare -я (-ja) in Erzya содыя (sodija, “I found out [it]”), -й (-j) in кельсодый (keľsodij, “linguist”). Related to Finnish -ja, Estonian -ja, Livonian -ji, e.g., jūoji (“drinker”).

See also Moksha -ай (-aj).

Suffix

-ы • (-i)

1. agentive suffix
   • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN

     ваны, аралай (наблюдатель)

     van i , aralaj (nabľudaťeľ)

     observer (observer [in Russian])

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	-ысь (-iś)	-ыхне (-ihńe)
genitive	-ыть (-iť)	-ыхнень (-ihńeń)
dative	-ыти (-iťi)	-ыхненди (-ihńenďi)

Definite declension of -ы

Derived terms

Moksha terms suffixed with -ы

Mongolian

Etymology

From Classical Mongolian ᠢ (-i) and ᠠᠢ (-ai).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi/
• Syllabification: ы (1 syllable)

Suffix

-ы • (-y)

1. Marks the genitive case in the regular declension after a back vowel stem ending in н (n).

   ‎чидун (čidun, “olive tree”) + ‎-ы (-y) → ‎чидуны (čiduny, “olive tree's”)

2. Forms patronymics.

Alternative forms

• -ын (-yn), -ийн (-iin), -ий (-ii), -н (-n), -ны (-ny), -ний (-nii), -ины (-iny), -иний (-inii), -гийн (-giin)