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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian -գին (-gin).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-գին • (-gin)
- forming adjectives and adverbs
Derived terms
Old Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Iranian *-agēn, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *-ak-ayHnah. Spread via Iranian loans, such as ուժգին (užgin).
Suffix
-գին • (-gin)
- forming adjectives and adverbs
Derived terms
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