-gin

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gin"

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

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”)

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.

Pronunciation

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

Suffix

-gin

1. Derives nouns from verbs.

   ‎diz- (“to arrange in a row”) + ‎-gin → ‎dizgin (“rein”)

   ‎sal- (“to let loose, to let go”) + ‎-gın → ‎salgın (“outbreak, epidemic”)

   ‎sür- (“to drive before one, to banish”) + ‎-gün → ‎sürgün (“exile, banishment”)

   ‎yan- (“to burn”) + ‎-gın → ‎yangın (“fire, wildfire”)

   ‎gez- (“to wander, to travel”) + ‎-gin → ‎gezgin (“a traveller, explorer”)

   ‎bil- (“to know, to recognize”) + ‎-gin → ‎bilgin (“a sage, scholar”)

   ‎soy- (“to undress, to rob”) + ‎-gun → ‎soygun (“robbery”)

2. Derives adjectives from verbs.

   ‎dur- (“to stop”) + ‎-gun → ‎durgun (“still, calm”)

   ‎ol- (“to be, to become”) + ‎-gun → ‎olgun (“ripe”)

   ‎bit- (“to finish, to end”) + ‎-kin → ‎bitkin (“exhausted”)

   ‎düz- (“to arrange, to set straight”) + ‎-gün → ‎düzgün (“straight, ordered”)

   ‎kes- (“to cut”) + ‎-kin → ‎keskin (“sharp”)

   ‎uy- (“to fit, to suit”) + ‎-gun → ‎uygun (“fitting, suitable)”)

   ‎yay- (“to spread”) + ‎-gın → ‎yaygın (“widespread, common”)

Derived terms

Turkish terms suffixed with -gin