-գին

See also: գին

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian -գին (-gin).

Suffix

-գին • (-gin)

  1. forming adjectives and adverbs

Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Armenian_words_suffixed_with_-%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%AB%D5%B6' title='Category:Armenian words suffixed with -ագին'>Armenian words suffixed with -ագին</a>

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *-agēn, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *-ak-ayna-. Spread via Iranian loans, such as ուժգին (užgin).

Suffix

-գին • (-gin)

  1. forming adjectives and adverbs

Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_Armenian_words_suffixed_with_-%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%AB%D5%B6' title='Category:Old Armenian words suffixed with -ագին'>Old Armenian words suffixed with -ագին</a>

References
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-(ա)գին”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʿi, pages 5–48
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