Georgian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Georgian რუჲ (ruy), რუ (ru); see below.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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რუ (ru) (plural რუები)

  1. runnel

Inflection

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Declension of რუ (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative რუ (ru) რუები (ruebi) რუნი (runi)
ergative რუმ (rum) რუებმა (ruebma) რუთ(ა) (rut(a))
dative რუს(ა) (rus(a)) რუებს(ა) (ruebs(a)) რუთ(ა) (rut(a))
genitive რუს(ა) (rus(a)) რუების(ა) (ruebis(a)) რუთ(ა) (rut(a))
instrumental რუთ(ა) (rut(a)) რუებით(ა) (ruebit(a))
adverbial რუდ(ა) (rud(a)) რუებად(ა) (ruebad(a))
vocative რუვ (ruv) რუებო (ruebo) რუნო (runo)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of რუ (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking a dative case singular plural
-ზე (-ze, on) რუზე (ruze) რუებზე (ruebze)
-თან (-tan, near) რუსთან (rustan) რუებთან (ruebtan)
-ში (-ši, in) რუში (ruši) რუებში (ruebši)
-ვით (-vit, like) რუსავით (rusavit) რუებივით (ruebivit)
postpositions taking a genitive case singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, for) რუსთვის (rustvis) რუებისთვის (ruebistvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, like) რუსებრ (rusebr) რუებისებრ (ruebisebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, towards) რუსკენ (rusḳen) რუებისკენ (ruebisḳen)
-გან (-gan, from/of) რუსგან (rusgan) რუებისგან (ruebisgan)
postpositions taking an instrumental case singular plural
-დან (-dan, from/since) რუდან (rudan) რუებიდან (ruebidan)
-ურთ (-urt, together with) რუთურთ (ruturt) რუებითურთ (ruebiturt)
postpositions taking an adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (-mde, up to) რუმდე (rumde) რუებამდე (ruebamde)

Descendants

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  • Bats: რუ (ru), რუვ (ruv)

See also

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Old Georgian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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According to Klimov / Khalilov, an Iranian borrowing. Compare Persian رود (rud, river, torrent).

According to Ačaṙean, borrowed from the older form of Old Armenian առու (aṙu), before the addition of the prothetic ա- (a-)- to it.

Noun

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რუ (ru)

  1. runnel

Descendants

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References

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  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “რუ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 349
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “առու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 265a
  • Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, pages 142, 208
  • Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate[2], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, pages 71-72