-gin

See also: gin, Gin, GIN, ĝin, and gīn

Basque

Alternative forms

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

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɟin/

Suffix

-gin

  1. Form of -gın after the vowels E / İ.
    ‎diz- (“to arrange in a row”) + ‎-gin → ‎dizgin (“rein”)
    ‎sal- (“to let loose, to let go”) + ‎-gın → ‎salgın (“outbreak, epidemic”)
    ‎dur- (“to stop”) + ‎-gun → ‎durgun (“still, calm”)
    ‎ol- (“to be, to become”) + ‎-gun → ‎olgun (“ripe”)
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