-сан

See also: сан, cah, and Appendix:Variations of "san"

Mongolian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Mongolic *-gsan, compare Daur -seng.

Suffix

-сан • (-san)

2. The past participle suffix

Example: Би номыг авсан (I bought a book). Би мах идсэн (I ate meat). Та муу байсан. (You were bad)

Usage notes

• Verb forms built using this suffix can form finite clauses, and are the most unmarked way of conveying past meaning. Yet, this suffix belongs primarily in the participle conjugation.

Inflection

Vowel harmonic forms of -сан 

	back vowel	front vowel
unrounded	-сан -san	-сэн -sen
rounded	-сон -son	-сөн -sön

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese さん (san).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [san]

Suffix

-сан • (-san)

1. a polite suffix added to surnames