гэх

Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠭᠡᠬᠦ
(gekü)
гэх
(gex)

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠬᠡᠮᠡᠬᠦ (kemekü), from Middle Mongol ᠬᠡᠮᠡᠬᠦ (kemekü), from Proto-Mongolic *geɣe-. Cognate with Khamnigan Mongol гэкү (gekü), Buryat гэхэ (gexe), Kalmyk гих (gix), etc. Doublet of хэмээх (xemeex).

Pronunciation

Verb

гэх • (gex)

  1. to say, speak, call

Usage notes

Commonly used as a joiner word to report quoted or reported speech.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

  • хэмээх (xemeex)literary

Synonyms

See also