სუფთა
Georgian edit
Etymology edit
According to Ačaṙean who follows Čubinov, possibly borrowed from an Iranian word in the family of Persian سفید (safid, “white”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
indeclinable
სუფთა • (supta) (comparative უფრო სუფთა, superlative ყველაზე სუფთა)
Declension edit
Adjectival declension of სუფთა
| Case | adjective |
|---|---|
| nominative, genitive, instrumental | სუფთა (supta) |
| ergative | სუფთა (supta) |
| dative, adverbial | სუფთა (supta) |
| vocative | სუფთა (supta) |
Derived terms edit
- სისუფთავე (sisuptave)
Descendants edit
References edit
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սպիտակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 265a
- Čubinov, David (1840) “სუფთა”, in Грузинско-русско-французский словарь [Georgian–Russian–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 471a
- Čubinov, David (1887) “სუფთა”, in Грузинско-русский словарь [Georgian–Russian Dictionary][1], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, column 1202
Further reading edit
- Giorgaʒe, Grigol (1999) “О характере некоторых индоевропейско–грузинских (картвельских) языковых параллелей [On the nature of some Indo-European – Georgian (Kartvelian) language parallels]”, in Xetologiuri da kartvelologiuri ʒiebani [Hittitological and kartwelological researches], Tbilisi: Logosi, page 163, connects with Hittite 𒋗𒌒𒁉𒅖 (šu-up-pí-iš /šuppi-/, “purified, sacred”)