тый

Eastern Mari

Etymology

From Proto-Mari *tĭńə, from Proto-Uralic *tinä. Cognate with Western Mari тӹнь (tÿń).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təj/
• Rhymes: -əj
• Hyphenation: тый

Pronoun

тый • (tyj)

1. you (singular and familiar)

   тый кунам школыш кает?

   tyj kunam školyš kajet?

   when are you going to school?

Declension

Personal pronouns
	nominative	accusative	genitive	dative
1st sg	мый (myj)	мыйым (myjym)	мыйын (myjyn)	мыланем (mylańem) ~ мылам (mylam)
2nd sg	тый (tyj)	тыйым (tyjym)	тыйын (tyjyn)	тыланет (tylańet) ~ мылат (mylat)
3rd sg	тудо (tudo)	тудым (tudym)	тудын (tudyn)	тудлан (tudlan)
1st pl	ме (me)	мемнам (memnam)	мемнан (memnan)	мыланна (mylanna)
2nd pl	те (te)	тендам (tendam)	тендан (tendan)	тыланда (tylanda)
3rd pl	нуно (nuno)	нуным (nunym)	нунын (nunyn)	нунылан (nunylan)
*) There are two forms for personal pronouns in the first and second persons singular in the dative: мыланем (mylańem) ~ мылам (mylam) and тыланет (tylańet) ~ тылат (tylat). There is no overt difference in usage between the two forms. The nominative forms мый (myj) and mый (myj) also have long forms, мые and тые (tyje); these are typically encountered in poetic speech.

References

• J. Bradley et al. (2023) “тый”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna

Ter Sami

Alternative versions

• mïj (Latin orthography)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tij, from Proto-Uralic *te. Cognates include Northern Sami dii, Skolt Sami tij and Kildin Sami тыйй (tyjj).

Pronoun

тый (tïj)

1. you (plural)

Inflection

Inflection of тый (irregular)
Nominative	тонн (tonn)	тый (tïj)
Genetive	тоны (tonï)	тины (tinï)
Accusative	тоны (tonï)	тины (tinï)
Essive	тонэн (tonen)	тинэн (tinen)
Inessive-Elative	тост (tost)	тист (tist)
Dative-Ilative	тонни (tonni)	тийи (tiji)
Abessive	тонта (tontâ)	тийта (tijtâ)
Comitative	тоннин (tonnin)	тингуйм (tingujm)

See also

Ter Sami personal pronouns
	singular	plural
1st person	мунн (munn)	мый (mïj)
2nd person	тонн (tonn)	тый (tïj)
3rd person	сонн (sonn)	сый (sïj)

Further reading

• S. N. Tereshkin (2002) Йоканьгский диалект саамского языка, Российский государственный педагогический Университет имени А.И. Герцена, page 110

Yakut

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tāy (“baby horse, foal”). Cognates with Turkish tay, Turkmen taý, Southern Altai тай (tay), and Uzbek toy.

Noun

тый • (tıy)

1. foal (between one and two years old)

Coordinate terms

• кулун (kulun) ← убаһа (ubaha) ← тый