-д

See also: д., д, Д, Appendix:Variations of "d", and Appendix:Variations of "de"

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠳᠤ (-du)	-д (-d)

Etymology 1

Compare Proto-Tungusic *-da (“lovative and dative suffix”), Proto-Turkic *-da (“locative and dative suffix”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt/
• Syllabification: д (1 syllable)

Suffix

-д • (-d)

1. Marks the dative-locative case.

   Аав над энэ номыг өгсөн. ― Aav nad ene nomyg ögsön. ― My father gave this book to me.

Usage notes

Equivalent to English to, at or in. Used to show the indirect object of a sentence, or to indicate the time or the place an action will happen.

Alternative forms

• -т (-t), -ад (-ad), -ид (-id), -нд (-nd), -анд (-and), -инд (-ind)

Etymology 2

Mongolian	Cyrillic
᠊ᠳ (-d)	-д (-d)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt/
• Syllabification: д (1 syllable)

Suffix

-д • (-d)

1. plural marker for a small number of nouns.

   мод (mod) (tree), модод (trees), моднууд (trees)

   морь (morʹ) (horse), морьд (horses)

   нохой (noxoj) (dog), ноход (dogs)

Usage notes

Some words ending in ⟨н⟩, ⟨с⟩, ⟨р⟩ or ⟨л⟩ lose that consonant when adding this suffix.

• ноён (nojon, “prince”), ноёд (nojod, “princes, aristrocracy”)
• нөхөр (nöxör, “comrade”), нөхөд (nöxöd, “comrades”)

See also

• -үүд (-üüd), -чүүд (-čüüd), -ууд (-uud), -чууд (-čuud), -чуул (-čuul), -чүүл (-čüül), -с (-s), нар (nar)

Nivkh

Alternative forms

• -т (-t) (after a voiceless consonant)

Suffix

-д (-d)

1. (Sakhalin) Indicative mood marker for verbs

Related terms

• -дь (-d̦) (Amur)