маань
Mongolian
| Mongolian | Cyrillic |
|---|---|
| ᠮᠠᠨᠢ (mani) | маань (maanʹ) |
Etymology
Inherited from Classical Mongolian [Term?], from Middle Mongol ᠮᠠᠨ᠌ᠤ (manu). Doublet of манай (manaj, “our”, determiner).
Cognate with Buryat -мнай (-mnaj), -най (-naj).
Pronunciation
Particle
маань • (maanʹ)
- Forms the first-person plural possessive
- Дорж багштай маань ― Dorž bagštaj maanʹ ― with our teacher Dorj
Usage notes
As a possessive particle, маань is always placed after case suffixes, particles (дахь², лугаа², руу⁴, шиг), and postpositions.
Structurally unlike in Buryat or Turkic, additional modification of [substantive] маань with determiner манай is invalid. Therefore, a first-person plural possession in Mongolian may only be formed as манай [substantive] or [substantive] маань.