-gin

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gin"

Basque

Alternative forms

• -kin

Suffix

-gin

1. maker, doer

   ‎hara- (“meat”) + ‎-gin → ‎harakin (“butcher”)

   ‎zur (“wood”) + ‎-gin → ‎zurgin (“carpenter”)

Derived terms

Basque terms suffixed with -gin

abarkagin

atsegin

etorkin

harakin

igeltsugin

iturgin

okin

sorgin

zilargin

zurgin

Irish

Etymology

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

-gin f

1. -gen

Declension

Declension of -gin (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative -gin -giní vocative a -gin a -giní genitive -gine -giní dative -gin -giní forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an -gin na -giní genitive na -gine na -giní dative leis an -gin don -gin leis na -giní

Derived terms

Irish terms suffixed with -gin

andraigin

carcanaigin

éastraigin

flóraigin

meatánaigin

pataigin

• -gineach (“-genic”)
• -gineacht f (“-geny”)