-gin

See also: gin, Gin, GIN, ĝin, and gīn

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

-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

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

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