Talk:ном руу

RFD discussion: October–December 2022
Mongolian. This is the directional case form of. The directional case is a true case, but (for idiosyncratic reasons) is written as a separate "particle" following the stem. This has four variants (руу, рүү, луу & лүү), but they're 100% predictable based on the stem: and  are determined by vowel harmony (back and front respectively), while the  variants are used with stems ending in, with the  variants being used with all other stems.

While I definitely think we should show the directional case in declension tables, I don't think there's any value in having separate entries for them. Theknightwho (talk) 17:33, 28 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. We wouldn't normally delete valid attested inflected forms, but inflected forms also don't normally have obvious breaks that make it clear they're composed of multiple parts that can be looked up separately, of which they are the sum... and when inflected forms do have obvious breaks, we do systematically delete them, like with the English genitive or the periphrastic  genitive (we don't have copper's or of copper). I presume this RFD stands for deleting these in general, and not just this specific one. - -sche (discuss) 04:01, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's correct. This is the only one we have, and it was created back in 2013. You can see a filled-out declension table at, if you want to see how I think declension tables should handle this (no link on the stem, but with a link to the ending).
 * Now that I think of it, the pronunciation is affected by the fact that these are still a single word (despite being written with a space). I'm not sure whether that affects things. Theknightwho (talk) 14:00, 30 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Deleted. --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 00:25, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Deleted. --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 00:25, 9 December 2022 (UTC)