-գին

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See also: գին

Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian -գին (-gin).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-գին (-gin)

  1. forming adjectives and adverbs

Derived terms

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Iranian *-agēn, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *-ak-ayHnah. Spread via Iranian loans, such as ուժգին (užgin).

Suffix

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-գին (-gin)

  1. forming adjectives and adverbs

Derived terms

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References

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  • 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