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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian գին (gin).
Pronunciation
Noun
գին • (gin)
- price; cost
- Synonym: արժեք (aržekʻ)
- բարձր գին ― barjr gin ― high price
- ցածր գին ― cʻacr gin ― low price
- ամեն գնով ― amen gnov ― at any price/cost
- value, worth
- Synonym: արժեք (aržekʻ)
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Old Armenian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wesno- (“price”).
Noun
գին • (gin)
- price; value
- գին հատանել, արկանել ― gin hatanel, arkanel ― to rate, to appreciate, to value, to estimate, to tax, to set a price on a thing
- անարգ գին հատանել ― anarg gin hatanel ― to undervalue
- գնոյ առնուլ, գնոց ստանալ ― gnoy aṙnul, gnocʻ stanal ― to buy, to purchase for money
- գնոյ ըմպել զջուր ― gnoy əmpel zǰur ― to drink water that has cost money
- գնոց գնել ― gnocʻ gnel ― to buy dearly
- բարձրացուցանել զգին ― barjracʻucʻanel zgin ― to raise, to augment the price
- նուազեցուցանել զգին ― nuazecʻucʻanel zgin ― to reduce, to lower the price
- վիճել վասն գնոյ ― vičel vasn gnoy ― to bargain
- սովորական գին ― sovorakan gin ― price-current
- որոշեալ գին ― orošeal gin ― no abatement
- գնելով գնեցից ի քէն գնոց ― gnelov gnecʻicʻ i kʻēn gnocʻ ― I will pay you the price
- buying, purchasing
- hiring price (for a ship)
Declension
o-type
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singular
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plural
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գին (gin)
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գինք (ginkʻ)
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| genitive
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գնոյ (gnoy)
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գնոց (gnocʻ)
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| dative
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գնոյ (gnoy)
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գնոց (gnocʻ)
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| accusative
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գին (gin)
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գինս (gins)
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| ablative
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գնոյ (gnoy)
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գնոց (gnocʻ)
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| instrumental
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գնով (gnov)
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գնովք (gnovkʻ)
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| locative
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գին (gin)
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գինս (gins)
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i-type
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singular
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plural
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գին (gin)
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գինք (ginkʻ)
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| genitive
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գնի (gni)
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գնից (gnicʻ)
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| dative
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գնի (gni)
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գնից (gnicʻ)
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| accusative
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գին (gin)
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գինս (gins)
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| ablative
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գնէ (gnē)
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գնից (gnicʻ)
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| instrumental
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գնիւ (gniw)
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գնիւք (gniwkʻ)
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| locative
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գնի (gni)
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գինս (gins)
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| post-classical
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գին”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գին”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գին”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian, Zagreb, page 8
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 213