-gin

See also: gin, Gin, GIN, ĝin, and gīn

Basque

Alternative forms

Suffix

-gin

  1. maker, doer
    ‎hara- (“meat”) + ‎-gin → ‎harakin (“butcher”)
    ‎zur (“wood”) + ‎-gin → ‎zurgin (“carpenter”)

Derived terms
Basque terms suffixed with -gin

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs, “producer of”). Possibly influenced by Irish gin (“(to give) birth, source”) from Old Irish gainithir, from Proto-Celtic *ganyetor. Both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

Suffix

-gin f

  1. -gen

Declension
Declension of -gin

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative -gin -giní
Vocative a -gin a -giní
Genitive -gine -giní
Dative -gin -giní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an -gin na -giní
Genitive na -gine na -giní
Dative leis an -gin

don -gin

 leis na -giní

Derived terms
Irish terms suffixed with -gin

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ـگین‎ (-gin), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (-gin), ultimately from Proto-Turkic [Term?]. Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (-gin), etc.

Suffix

-gin

  1. Suffix creating a new adjective from verb.
    ‎bil- (“to know”) + ‎-gin → ‎bilgin (“learned, wise”)
    ‎ger- (“to stretch”) + ‎-gin → ‎gergin (“stretched, tight”)

Usage notes
  • It may change to -gın, -gun, -gün, -kın, -kin, -kun, -kün depending on the last vowel of the word.

Derived terms
Turkish terms suffixed with -gin

References
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