дахь

Compare Buryat -дахи (-daxi), -тахи (-taxi), -дохи (-doxi), -тохи (-toxi). Compare Turkic -ta-qï; compare Tuvan -дагы (-dagı), -тагы (-tagı); Kazakh -дағы (-dağy), -тағы (-tağy); Uyghur ـدىكى (-diki), ـتىكى (-tiki); Turkish -daki, -taki; etc.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaxʲ/
• Syllabification: дахь (1 syllable)

дахь • (daxʹ)

1. (after oblique) Used to connect a substantive with its location (either spatial or temporal) attributively

   ханан дахь нүх ― xanan daxʹ nüx ― an opening in the wall

   гадаад орнууд дахь дипломатууд ― gadaad ornuud daxʹ diplomatuud ― diplomats abroad

2. (after nominative) Used to form an ordinal numeral from the original cardinal

   зургаа дахь парламент ― zurgaa daxʹ parlament ― the sixth parliament

Contrasted with -дугаар (-dugaar) and -дүгээр (-dügeer), дахь and дэх (dex) are used for cardinals in a more temporal sequence, e.g. гурав дахь сар (gurav daxʹ sar, “the third month”) vs гуравдугаар сар (guravdugaar sar, “March”); хоёр дахь үүд (xojor daxʹ üüd, “the second door [passing]”) vs хоёрдугаар үүд (xojordugaar üüd, “door [number] two”), etc.

• дахиа (daxia, reflexive)

• -дахь (-daxʹ)
• -д (-d)