Georgian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Georgian ნივთი (nivti), from Old Armenian նիւթ (niwtʻ).[1] For the ვ → ქვ (v → kv) development in the dialectal form compare ქვიშნა (kvišna).[2]

Noun edit

ნივთი (nivti) (plural ნივთები)

  1. thing

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Bats: ნივთ (nivt)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “նիւթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 455b
  2. ^ Čikobava, Arnold (1946) “Mravlobitis aɣnišvnis ʒiritadi ṗrinciṗisatvis kartuli zmnis uɣvlilebis sisṭemaši [On the principle of marking the plural in the Georgian verb system]”, in Iberiul-ḳavḳasiuri enatmecniereba [Ibero-Caucasica]‎[1] (in Georgian), volume 1, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 125 of 91–130