Meaning of -тай | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Used to form adjectives from nouns.
   morpheme
2. Marks the comitative case:
   morpheme
3. In the regular and hidden-n declensions after a stem ending in a consonant.
   morpheme
4. In the regular and hidden-n declensions after a long vowel, diphthong, iotated vowel or short vowel (which is retained).
   morpheme
5. In the regular and hidden-n declensions after a stem ending in б (b), в (v), г (g), л (l), м (m), н (n) or р (r) followed by ь (ʹ) or и (i) (which is retained).
   morpheme
6. In the hidden-g declension.
   morpheme
7. With numerals, expresses age in years.
   morpheme

Equivalents

Examples

“муур (muur, “cat”) + -тай (-taj) → мууртай (muurtaj, “with the cat”)”

“малгай (malgaj, “hat”) + -тай (-taj) → малгайтай (malgajtaj, “with a hat”)”

“туурь (tuurʹ, “ruins”) + -тай (-taj) → туурьтай (tuurʹtaj, “with the ruins”)”

“хувин (xuvin, “bucket”) + -тай (-taj) → хувинтай (xuvintaj, “[along] with a bucket”)”

“чи арвантай болно.”

You will be ten years old.

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