-gin

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Basque

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Alternative forms

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Suffix

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-gin

  1. maker, doer
    hara- (meat) + ‎-gin → ‎harakin (butcher)
    zur (wood) + ‎-gin → ‎zurgin (carpenter)

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs, producer of). Possibly influenced by Irish gin ((to give) birth, source) from Old Irish gainithir, from Proto-Celtic *ganyetor. Both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

Suffix

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-gin f

  1. -gen

Declension

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Turkish

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preceding vowel
A / I E / İ O / U Ö / Ü
default -gın -gin -gun -gün
assimilated -kın -kin -kun -kün

Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish ـغن (-gın), ـغین (-gın), ـقین (-ḳın), ـكین (-gin, -kin), ـغون (-gun) or كون (-gun, -gün, -kun, -kün), from Proto-Turkic *-gïn, *-gun.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɟin/, /ɡɯn/, /ɡun/, /ɟyn/, /kɯn/, /cin/, /kun/, /cyn/

Suffix

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-gin

  1. Derives nouns from verbs.
    diz- (to arrange in a row) + ‎-gin → ‎dizgin (rein)
    sal- (to let loose, to let go) + ‎-gın → ‎salgın (outbreak, epidemic)
    sür- (to drive before one, to banish) + ‎-gün → ‎sürgün (exile, banishment)
    yan- (to burn) + ‎-gın → ‎yangın (fire, wildfire)
    gez- (to wander, to travel) + ‎-gin → ‎gezgin (a traveller, explorer)
    bil- (to know, to recognize) + ‎-gin → ‎bilgin (a sage, scholar)
    soy- (to undress, to rob) + ‎-gun → ‎soygun (robbery)
  2. Derives adjectives from verbs.
    dur- (to stop) + ‎-gun → ‎durgun (still, calm)
    ol- (to be, to become) + ‎-gun → ‎olgun (ripe)
    bit- (to finish, to end) + ‎-kin → ‎bitkin (exhausted)
    düz- (to arrange, to set straight) + ‎-gün → ‎düzgün (straight, ordered)
    kes- (to cut) + ‎-kin → ‎keskin (sharp)
    uy- (to fit, to suit) + ‎-gun → ‎uygun (fitting, suitable))
    yay- (to spread) + ‎-gın → ‎yaygın (widespread, common)

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References

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  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), "+gIn" - in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. ^ Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “-gın²”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1706