-гін

Kazakh

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

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Suffix 1

-гін • (-gın)

  1. Forms nouns and adjectives from verbs
    тұру (tūru, to stand, live) + ‎-гін (-gın) → ‎тұрғын (tūrğyn, inhabitant)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *-gil. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Suffix 2

-гін • (-gın)

  1. (obsolete) Used to form second-person singular imperative.
    жазу (jazu, to write) + ‎-гін (-gın) → ‎жазғын (jazğyn, write!)
  • -гіл (-gıl)
  • -ейін (-eiın, suffix forming first-person singular imperative)
  • -ейік (-eiık, suffix forming first-person plural imperative)
  • -іңіз (-ıñız, suffix forming second-person polite singular imperative)
  • -сін (-sın, suffix forming third-person imperative)