-գին
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See also: գին
Armenian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- -ագին (-agin)
Etymology[edit]
From Old Armenian -գին (-gin).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /-ɡin/ [-ɡin] invalid IPA characters (//[])
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /-kin/ [-kʰin] invalid IPA characters (//[])
Suffix[edit]
-գին • (-gin)
- forming adjectives and adverbs
Derived terms[edit]
Old Armenian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- -ագին (-agin)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Iranian *-agēn, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *-ak-ayHnah. Spread via Iranian loans, such as ուժգին (užgin).
Suffix[edit]
-գին • (-gin)
- forming adjectives and adverbs
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-(ա)գին”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48