ирэх
Mongolian edit
Mongolian | Cyrillic |
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ᠢᠷᠡᠬᠦ (irekü) | ирэх (irex) |
Etymology edit
From Proto-Mongolic *irä-kü. Cognate with Buryat ерэхэ (jerexe), Kalmyk ирх (irx); Daur irgw; Dongxiang ire; etc.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): [i.rɘ̆x]
- Hyphenation: и‧рэх
Verb edit
ирэх • (irex)
- to come (move from further to closer)
- Synonym: наашлах (naašlax)
- to draw nearer; to occur (of an event)
- to arrive
- Synonym: хүрэх (xürex)
Usage notes edit
- ирэх is used in situations in which the subject moves towards the speaker's current position and очих in situations in which the subject moves away from the speaker's current position. Both may be translated as to come, but очих is more often translated as to go.
Conjugation edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- ирц (irc, “attendance”)
- ирэх цаг (irex cag, “future tense”)
- ирээдүй (ireedüj, “future”)