"-gin" meaning in Irish

See -gin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], an -gin [definite, nominative, singular], na -giní [definite, nominative, plural], na -gine [definite, genitive, singular], na -giní [definite, genitive, plural], leis an -gin [dative, definite, singular], don -gin [dative, definite, singular], leis na -giní [dative, definite, plural]
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-. Etymology templates: {{der|ga|grc|-γενής|t=producer of}} Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs, “producer of”), {{cog|ga|gin||(to give) birth, source}} Irish gin (“(to give) birth, source”), {{inh|ga|sga|gainithir}} Old Irish gainithir, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*ganyetor}} Proto-Celtic *ganyetor, {{inh|ga|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Head templates: {{head|ga|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|cat3=|g=f|g2=}} -gin f, {{ga-suffix|n|f}} -gin f
  1. -gen Tags: feminine, morpheme Derived forms: -gineach (english: -genic), -gineacht (english: -geny) [feminine]
    Sense id: en--gin-ga-suffix-lqeGr0Ot Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages using catfix, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 35 39 12 3 6 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 38 43 10 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 27 25 5 9 9
     
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      "-γενής",
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    ],
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      "gin",
      "gin#Irish"
    ],
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      "gainithir",
      "gainithir#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "*ganyetor",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ganyetor"
    ],
    [
      "*ǵenh₁-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵenh₁-"
    ]
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "gin",
        "3": "",
        "4": "(to give) birth, source"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish gin (“(to give) birth, source”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "gainithir"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish gainithir",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*ganyetor"
      },
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      },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an -gin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na -giní",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na -gine",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an -gin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don -gin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na -giní",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "n",
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      },
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  "pos": "suffix",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
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          "_dis": "35 39 12 3 6 5",
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          "english": "-genic",
          "translation": "-genic",
          "word": "-gineach"
        },
        {
          "english": "-geny",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "translation": "-geny",
          "word": "-gineacht"
        }
      ],
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        "-gen"
      ],
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          "-gen",
          "-gen"
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        "feminine",
        "morpheme"
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}

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      "english": "-genic",
      "translation": "-genic",
      "word": "-gineach"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    ],
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      "gin",
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    ],
    [
      "*ganyetor",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ganyetor"
    ],
    [
      "*ǵenh₁-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵenh₁-"
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      "name": "der"
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        "1": "ga",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an -gin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na -giní",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na -gine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na -giní",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an -gin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don -gin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na -giní",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "g2": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "f"
      },
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      "name": "ga-suffix"
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  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "suffix",
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        "Irish lemmas",
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        "Irish suffixes",
        "Irish terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
        "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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        "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
        "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
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        "feminine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-gin"
}

Download raw JSONL data for -gin meaning in Irish (3.1kB)

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  "subsection": "suffix",
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  "trace": ""
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