-дзинад

Ossetian

Alternative forms

• -дзийнадӕ (-ʒijnadæ) — Digor

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kan- ~ *čan-.

Suffix

-дзинад • (-ʒinad)

1. (Iron) abstract suffix

   ба́стдзинад ― bástʒinad ― connection

   цу́хдзинад ― cúxʒinad ― limitation

References

• Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) “*čan- / *čin-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 217–218
• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 233