-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)

1. 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)

1. 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