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-գին

-գին

See also: գին

Armenian

Alternative forms

Suffix

-գին (-gin)

  1. forming adjectives and adverbs

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Armenian_words_suffixed_with_-%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%AB%D5%B6'>Armenian words suffixed with -ագին</a>

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Iranian *-gēn or perhaps *-gīn. Spread via Iranian loans: compare ուժգին (užgin).

Suffix

-գին (-gin)

  1. forming adjectives and adverbs

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_Armenian_words_suffixed_with_-%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%AB%D5%B6'>Old Armenian words suffixed with -ագին</a>

References

  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), -(ա)գին”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʿi, pages 5–48