-ы

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

-ы • (-y)

1. Form of -сі (-sı) in hard words and after consonants.

Borrowed from Persian ـی (-i) and Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy). Doublet of -и (-i).

-ы • (-y)

1. Forms adjectives from nouns

   ‎қазақ (qazaq, “Kazakh”) + ‎-ы (-y) → ‎қазақы (qazaqy, “inherent to Kazakhs”)

From Proto-Mordvinic *-i-j(a), inherited from Proto-Uralic *-ja (present participle ending). Compare -я (-ja) in Erzya содыя (sodïja, “I found out [it]”), -й (-j) in кельсодый (keľsodïj, “linguist”). Related to Finnish -ja, Estonian -ja, Livonian -ji, e.g., jūoji (“drinker”).

See also Moksha -ай (-aj).

-ы • (-ï)

1. agentive suffix
   • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN

     ваны, аралай (наблюдатель)

     van ï , aralaj (nabľudateľ)

     observer (observer [in Russian])

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠤ᠋ (-u), from Middle Mongol ᠤ᠋ (-u). Cognate with Buryat -ай (-aj).

• (Khalkha) IPA^(key): [iː] (does not cause umlaut)

-ы • (-y)

1. Marks the genitive case in the regular declension after a back vowel stem ending in н (n).

   ‎чидун (čidun, “olive tree”) + ‎-ы (-y) → ‎чидуны (čiduny, “olive tree's”)

2. Forms patronymics.

• -ын (-yn), -ийн (-iin), -ий (-ii), -н (-n), -ны (-ny), -ний (-nii), -ины (-iny), -иний (-inii), -гийн (-giin)