უშნო

Georgian edit

Etymology edit

Possibly from უ- (u-) +‎ შნო (šno) or შნო (šno) +‎ უ- -ო (u- -o).

Shanidze, on the other hand, derives it directly from the old root -შუენ- (compare შვენება (šveneba)) with circumfix უ- -ო (u- -o): უ-შნ-ო < *უ-შვნ-ო < *უ-შუენ-ო. Compare the antonym მშვენიერი (mšvenieri).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /uʃno/
Hyphenation: უშ‧ნო

Adjective edit

indeclinable

უშნო • (ušno) (comparative უფრო უშნო, superlative ყველაზე უშნო)

ugly

References edit

Šaniʒe, Aḳaḳi (1980) Kartuli enis gramaṭiḳis sapuʒvlebi [Basics of Georgian Grammar] (Txzulebani tormeṭ ṭomad; 3) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, § 164, page 127