Georgian edit

Alternative forms edit

  • სი- -ო (si- -o)for roots ending in /b/ after deletion of the adjective ending -ელი/ილი
  • სი- -ვე (si- -ve)for roots ending in /o/ and, variably, /e a u/

Etymology edit

From Proto-Kartvelian *lʿi- -e.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Circumfix edit

სი- -ე (si- -e)

  1. Circumfixed to adjectives, and sometimes nouns, to form abstract nouns: -hood, -ity, -ness

Usage notes edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Mingrelian: სი- -ე (si- -e)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 723