Mongolian

Suffix

-дах • ‎(-dah) ‎(Mongolian spelling ᠳᠠᠬᠤ) (complying with vowel harmony)

1. (forming verbs out of nouns)
   1. to use (a tool, a substance)

      тос ‎(tos) - fat, grease

      тосдох ‎(tosdoh) - to smear with grease

   2. to grab by

      хүзүү ‎(hüzüü) - neck

      хүзүүдэх ‎(hüzüüdeh) - to grab by neck

   3. to hit with

      чулуу ‎(čuluu) - rock

      чулуудах ‎(čuluudah) - to hurl a rock

   4. to be subject to

      газар ‎(gazar) - ground

      газардах ‎(gazardah) - to land, to touch the ground

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mongolic *-d-

Suffix

-дах • ‎(-dah) ‎(Mongolian spelling ᠳᠬᠤ) (complying with vowel harmony)

1. (forming verbs out of adjectives) to possess a quality, to possess a quality to an excessive degree, more than suitable.

   жижиг ‎(žižig) — small

   жижигдэх ‎(žižigdeh) — to be (too) small

Usage notes

• Can also be added to privative forms in -гүй ‎(-güj)

Etymology 3

Inherited from Classical Mongolian -ᠳᠠ- ‎(-da-), regularly used after consonant stems in -ᠯ- ‎(-l-) in Classical Mongolian.

Suffix

-дах • ‎(-dah) (complying with vowel harmony)

1. variant form of -гдах ‎(-gdah)

Usage notes

• This form is used with some verbs ending in л ‎(l) or с ‎(s)

Derived terms