Mongolian

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠨᠢᠭᠡ
(nige)
нэг
(neg)
Mongolian numbers (edit)
10
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    Cardinal: нэг (neg)
    Attributive: нэгэн (negen)
    Ordinal: нэгдүгээр (negdügeer), нэг дэх (neg dex)
    Adverbial: нэгэнтээ (negentee)
    Distributive: нэгээд (negeed)
    Collective: нэгүүл (negüül)
    Maximative: нэгээр (negeer)

Etymology

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From Proto-Mongolic *negen, *niken amidst other reconstructions based on different Mongolic sources. Compare Buryat нэгэн (negen), Kalmyk негн (negn).

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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нэг (neg)

  1. one

Usage notes

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  • Unlike other numbers, the attributive form (нэгэн (negen)) is optional.

See also

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Adverb

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нэг (neg)

  1. once

Adjective

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нэг (neg)

  1. some, a

Particle

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нэг (neg)

  1. (before a verb) denotes momentous aspect
  2. (after interrogative) some-

Derived terms

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