-գին
See also: գին
Armenian
Alternative forms
- -ագին (-agin)
Etymology
From Old Armenian -գին (-gin).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /ɡin/, [ɡin]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /kin/, [kʰin]
Suffix
-գին • (-gin)
- forming adjectives and adverbs
Derived terms
Armenian terms suffixed with -ագին
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- -ագին (-agin)
Etymology
From Middle Iranian *-agēn, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *-ak-ayHnah. Spread via Iranian loans, such as ուժգին (užgin).
Suffix
-գին • (-gin)
- forming adjectives and adverbs
Derived terms
Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ագին
References
- 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