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ии ИИ -ии ий йи йӣ її Mongolian Etymology From mn cmg  ᠢ and mn  ᠡᠢ. Pronunciation ий Suffix suffix genitive suffixes Marks the genitive case in the regular declension after a front vowel stem ending in mn н. mn эмгэн эмгэний old woman old woman's Forms patronymics. Alternative forms mn -ын -ийн -ы -н -ны -ний -ины -иний -гийн Russian Alternative forms ru -ій ru-PRO Etymology 1 ru adjectival :bor cu:-ии<ety:inh<sla-pro:*-ьjь<id:adjectival>>> 1 ru cu -ии, further from ru sla-pro *-ьjь, whose native descendant ru *-ей was displaced (compare ru и́ней [ˈinʲɪj] from sla-pro *jьnьjь and ru пыре́й [pɨˈrʲej] from sla-pro *pyrьjь). Suffix ru suffix adjective-forming suffixes forms relational and possessive adjectives from nouns describing animals and people: -'s, -ine, -ian ru соба́ка dog соба́чий dog relational, canine ru ры́ба fish ры́бий fish relational; ru пти́ца bird пти́чий bird relational; avian ru коза́ goat ко́зий goat relational; ru лиса́ fox ли́сий fox relational; vulpine, foxlike ru стару́шка (little) old lady стару́шечий anile, like a crone or old lady ru ча́йка seagull ча́ячий seagull relational; with irregular ru -я- ru ко́шка cat коша́чий cat relational; , feline with irregular ru -а́- ru бог god бо́жий god's, divine box ru деви́ца girl, maiden деви́чий girl's, girlish ru ба́ба woman ба́бий women's pejorative or in expressions ru ребя́та children ребя́чий children's; childish with irregular iotation Usage notes This suffix is added particularly to animate nouns, and has the special possessive declension. It triggers the Slavic first palatalization but not (normally) iotation; but see ru ребя́чий from ru ребя́та, with iotation. If added to reducible nouns, the noun assumes the unreduced form. Declension -ий ь Derived terms ru Etymology 2 ru cu -ыи, displaced expected ru -ой in unstressed positions, from ru sla-pro - sla-pro *-ъ + sla-pro *jь, Folia Linguistica Wandl Florian 2022 November Trapped morphology and the rise of the Slavic definite adjective inflection: a reexamination https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/218334/1/Wandl_2022_DefAdjInflection.pdf 56 s43-s1 1-2, 15 the definite adjective inflection of Slavic. This type of inflection arose when a pronoun with the stem *j- attached at the right edge of an adjective. cf. nom.sg.m *-ъ-jь/*-ь-jь → *-ъjь/*-ьjь https://web.archive.org/web/20240901203750/https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/218334/1/Wandl_2022_DefAdjInflection.pdf 1 September 2024 ru -о́й y. Suffix ru suffix adjective-forming suffixes -ed ru одно- one нога́ leg одноно́гий one-legged ru жёлтый yellow -о- брю́хо belly желтобрю́хий yellow-bellied ru без- without лик face безли́кий faceless no-faced Usage notes This suffix is a variant of ru -ый used particularly after velar velars (ru к г х) due to Russian spelling rules. It is used particularly with two-part compounds, where the second part normally refers to a body part. It does not trigger the Slavic first palatalization. These adjectives do have short forms, of accent pattern a. Declension for an adjective whose stem ends in ru к; similarly for ru г and ru х -кий a Derived terms ru Etymology 3 ru cu -ии, displaced native ru *-ей (compare ru и́ней from sla-pro *jьnьjь), from ru sla-pro *-jь *-jьjь. Suffix ru suffix adjective-forming suffixes forms adjectives from verbs, verbal nouns and compounds: -ous, -al, etc. ru сход gathering схо́жий similar ru расходи́ться to sell out расхо́жий popular, in demand ru бес- without стыд shame бессты́жий shameless forms adjectives and adjectival nouns from some nouns referring to people ru возни́ца charioteer возни́чий charioteer ru лесни́к woodsman, forest ranger лесни́чий woodsman, forest ranger ru рабо́та work рабо́чий worker; worker's Usage notes This suffix is not too common and appears to be formed especially from nouns and verbs ending in ru д. Unlike the other two suffixes, it triggers iotation. Adjectives formed this way tend to have a popular, colloquial flavor. Declension for an adjective whose stem ends in ru ж -жий a Derived terms ru Etymology 4 Reanalysis of Latin and New Latin terms suffixed with ru la -um or la -ium. Suffix ru suffix noun-forming suffixes forms names of chemical elements, especially metallic ones: -ium ru чугу́н -ий чугу́ний cast ironium humorous Usage notes Productive in colloquial, humorous, or fictional contexts. Declension -ий ь Derived terms ru References Ukrainian Alternative forms uk -ій Pronunciation Etymology 1 uk adj :der zle-ort:-ий//-ый//-ій//-їй<ety:inh<sla-pro:*-jь<alt:*-ъjь><ts:sla-pro *-ьjь//*-jьjь>>> 1 ++ Cognate with be -ы, ru -ый, pl -y. Suffix uk suffix feminine -а variant after semi-soft stem ending -ій after soft-stem ending -їй masculine nominative singular adjective ending masculine inanimate accusative singular adjective ending Etymology 2 The same as Etymology 1. Suffix uk suffix adjective-forming suffixes feminine -а -ed (denotes a characteristic) uk одно- one око eye одноо́кий one-eyed uk світлий light во́лос hair світловоло́сий light-haired uk без- without зуб tooth беззу́бий toothless no-toothed Usage notes This suffix is used particularly with two-part compounds, where the second part normally refers to a body part. The stress is drawn onto the preceding syllable. The suffix has the variant uk -ій Declension -́ий Derived terms uk References ий Uzbek Suffix uz suffix uz Cyrillic -iy