-gin

-gin

See also: gin, Gin, GIN, ĝin, and gīn

Basque

Alternative forms

• -kin

Suffix

-gin

1. maker, doer

   ‎hara- (“meat”) + ‎-gin → ‎harakin (“butcher”)

   ‎zur (“wood”) + ‎-gin → ‎zurgin (“carpenter”)

Derived terms

Basque terms suffixed with -gin

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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

• -gineach (“-genic”)
• -gineacht f (“-geny”)

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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

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “-gin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük