Svan edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Georgian ზეცა (zeca). Displaced the native term which is only extractible from ცა̈̄შ (cǟš, Thursday, literally (day) of the sky).

Noun edit

დეც (dec)

  1. sky
  2. heaven
  3. palate (roof of the mouth)

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001) “დეც”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 79b
  • Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “დეც”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 94a
  • Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012) “ცა, ზეცა”, in Gruzino-svansko-russkij slovarʹ. Verxnebalskij dialekt [Georgian–Svan–Russian Dictionary: Upper Bal Dialect], 2nd edition, prepared for publication and prefaced by Lela Nižaradze, Tbilisi: Universal, page 227a
  • Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “დეც”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 406