-gin

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gin"

Basque

Alternative forms

Suffix

-gin

  1. maker, doer
    hara- (meat) + -ginharakin (butcher)
    zur (wood) + -ginzurgin (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

Derived terms

Irish terms suffixed with -gin

Turkish

preceding vowel
A / I E / İ O / U Ö / Ü
default -gın -gin -gun -gün
assimilated -kın -kin -kun -kün

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ـغن (-gın), ـغین (-gın), ـقین (-ḳın), ـكین (-gin, -kin), ـغون (-gun) or كون (-gun, -gün, -kun, -kün), from Proto-Turkic *-gïn, *-gun.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɟin/, /ɡɯn/, /ɡun/, /ɟyn/, /kɯn/, /cin/, /kun/, /cyn/

Suffix

-gin

  1. Derives nouns from verbs.
    diz- (to arrange in a row) + -gindizgin (rein)
    sal- (to let loose, to let go) + -gınsalgın (outbreak, epidemic)
    sür- (to drive before one, to banish) + -günsürgün (exile, banishment)
    yan- (to burn) + -gınyangın (fire, wildfire)
    gez- (to wander, to travel) + -gingezgin (a traveller, explorer)
    bil- (to know, to recognize) + -ginbilgin (a sage, scholar)
    soy- (to undress, to rob) + -gunsoygun (robbery)
  2. Derives adjectives from verbs.
    dur- (to stop) + -gundurgun (still, calm)
    ol- (to be, to become) + -gunolgun (ripe)
    bit- (to finish, to end) + -kinbitkin (exhausted)
    düz- (to arrange, to set straight) + -gündüzgün (straight, ordered)
    kes- (to cut) + -kinkeskin (sharp)
    uy- (to fit, to suit) + -gunuygun (fitting, suitable))
    yay- (to spread) + -gınyaygın (widespread, common)

Derived terms

Turkish terms suffixed with -gin

References

  1. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), "+gIn" - in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “-gın²”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1706
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