FromClassical Mongolianᠨᠢ(ni), as well postposedᠢᠨᠤ(inu),ᠠᠨᠤ(anu), from postposedMiddle Mongolᠢᠨ᠌ᠤ(inu,3sg-poss) andᠠᠨ᠌ᠤ(anu,3pl-poss).

-н(-n) was an oblique suffix originally after a personal pronoun’s stem, while-ь(-ʹ) is the unique suffix for possessive particles. Original determiners were merged into a single particle, so morphemesi anda which denote grammatical numbers, were omitted.

Compare alsoBuryat-нь(-nʹ),-ынь(-ynʹ),-иинь(-iinʹ) andKalmyk-нь(-nʹ).

• (after a vowel)IPA^(key): /n/
• (after a consonant)IPA^(key): /ən/

нь• (nʹ)

1. Third-person possessive particle
2. Topic marker

   Нохойньмашномхонбайна.

   Noxojnʹ maš nomxon bajna.

   The dog [in question] is very tame.

3. one(a particularthing orperson, qualified with an adjective)
4. (after participles)what(marking a subject clause)

• бол(bol)
• минь(minʹ),маань(maanʹ);чинь(činʹ),тань(tanʹ)

• IPA^(key): /ɲ/

нь• (ň) (lower case,upper caseНь)

1. The nineteenthletter of the Yakutalphabet, calledньэ(ňe), and written in theCyrillic script.

• (Cyrillic-script letters)А а,Б б,В в,Г г,Ҕ ҕ,Д д,Дь дь,Е е,Ё ё,Ж ж,З з,И и,Й й,К к,Л л,М м,Н н,Ҥ ҥ,Нь нь,О о,Ө ө,П п,Р р,С с,Һ һ,Т т,У у,Ү ү,Ф ф,Х х,Ц ц,Ч ч,Ш ш,Щ щ,Ъ ъ,Ы ы,Ь ь,Э э,Ю ю,Я я

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