-аас

Mongolian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːs/
• Syllabification: аас (1 syllable)

Etymology 1

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠠᠴᠠ (-ača)	-аас (-aas)

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

Suffix

-аас • (-aas)

1. Marks the ablative case in the regular declension:
   1. After a stem ending in a consonant.

      ‎ажил (ažil, “work”) + ‎-аас (-aas) → ‎ажлаас (ažlaas, “from work”)

   2. After a stem ending in a consonant followed by a short vowel (which is supplanted).

      ‎багана (bagana, “column”) + ‎-аас (-aas) → ‎баганаас (baganaas, “from the column”)

Inflection

Vowel harmonic forms of -аас 

	back vowel	front vowel
unrounded	-аас -aas	-ээс -ees
rounded	-оос -oos	-өөс -öös

Alternative forms

• -иас (-ias), -яас (-jaas), -наас (-naas), -инаас (-inaas), -гаас (-gaas)

Etymology 2

Mongolian	Cyrillic
᠊ᠶᠠᠰᠤ (-yasu)	-аас (-aas)

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

Suffix

-аас • (-aas)

1. Forms nouns from verbs.
   1. After a stem ending in a consonant.
   2. After a stem ending in a consonant followed by a short vowel (which is supplanted).

Inflection

Vowel harmonic forms of -аас 

	back vowel	front vowel
unrounded	-аас -aas	-ээс -ees
rounded	-оос -oos	-өөс -öös

Alternative forms

• -иас (-ias), -яас (-jaas), -гаас (-gaas)