ирэх
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Mongolian
[edit]Mongolian | Cyrillic |
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ᠢᠷᠡᠬᠦ (irekü) | ирэх (irex) |
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Mongolic *irä-kü. Cognate with Buryat ерэхэ (jerexe), Kalmyk ирх (irx); Daur irgw; Dongxiang ire; etc.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ulaanbaatar) IPA(key): [i.rɘ̆x]
- Hyphenation: и‧рэх
Verb
[edit]ирэх • (irex)
- to come (move from further to closer)
- Synonym: наашлах (naašlax)
- to draw nearer; to occur (of an event)
- to arrive
- Synonym: хүрэх (xürex)
Usage notes
[edit]- ирэх is used in situations in which the subject moves towards the speaker's current position and очих in situations in which the subject moves away from the speaker's current position. Both may be translated as to come, but очих is more often translated as to go.
Conjugation
[edit]This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- ирц (irc, “attendance”)
- ирэх цаг (irex cag, “future tense”)
- ирээдүй (ireedüj, “future”)