ქერი
Georgian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Georgian ქერი (keri).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ქერი • (keri) (uncountable)
Inflection edit
Declension of ქერი (see Georgian declension)
singular | plural | archaic plural | |
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nominative | ქერი (keri) | ||
ergative | ქერმა (kerma) | ||
dative | ქერს(ა) (kers(a)) | ||
genitive | ქერის(ა) (keris(a)) | ||
instrumental | ქერით(ა) (kerit(a)) | ||
adverbial | ქერად(ა) (kerad(a)) | ||
vocative | ქერო (kero) | ||
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist. |
Postpositional inflection of ქერი (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking a dative case | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
-ზე (on - ) | ქერზე (kerze) | |
-თან (near - ) | ქერთან (kertan) | |
-ში (in - ) | ქერში (kerši) | |
-ვით (like a - ) | ქერივით (kerivit) | |
postpositions taking a genitive case | singular | plural |
-თვის (for - ) | ქერისთვის (keristvis) | |
-ებრ (like a - ) | ქერისებრ (kerisebr) | |
-კენ (towards - ) | ქერისკენ (kerisḳen) | |
-გან (from/of - ) | ქერისგან (kerisgan) | |
postpositions taking an instrumental case | singular | plural |
-დან (from / since - ) | ქერიდან (keridan) | |
-ურთ (together with - ) | ქერითურთ (keriturt) | |
postpositions taking an adverbial case | singular | plural |
-მდე (up to - ) | ქერამდე (keramde) |
Derived terms edit
- ქერის ორმოში ზის (keris ormoši zis)
Descendants edit
- → Abkhaz: а-қьар (a-kʲar)
See also edit
Further reading edit
- Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ქერი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
- Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ქერი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary][1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
Laz edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Georgian ქერი (keri).
Noun edit
ქერი • (keri) (Khopa–Batumi, Arkabi)
Further reading edit
- Adjarian, H. (1898) “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 366, compares Old Armenian գարի (gari)
- Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık
- Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 158
- Marr, N. (1910) “ქერი”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 197a, derives from Georgian ქერი (keri)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ქერი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi, derives from Georgian ქერი (keri)
- 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 222–223, derives from Ancient Greek κρῖ (krî)
Mingrelian edit
Alternative forms edit
- ქერექენი (kerekeni)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Georgian ქერი (keri).
Noun edit
ქერი • (keri)
Further reading edit
- Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 158
- Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ქერი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1508
- Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ქერი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)[3] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 342b, derives from Georgian ქერი (keri)
- 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 222–223, derives from Ancient Greek κρῖ (krî)
Old Georgian edit
Etymology edit
Compare Old Armenian գարի (gari).
Noun edit
ქერი • (keri)
Descendants edit
- Georgian: ქერი (keri)
- → Abkhaz: а-қьар (a-kʲar)
- → Laz: ქერი (keri), კერი (ǩeri); ჭერი (ç̌eri); ქეი (kei)
- →⇒ Mingrelian: ქერი (keri), ქერექენი (kerekeni)
- → Svan: ქერ (ker)
Further reading edit
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ქერი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)][4] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 452b
- Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 158
- 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 222–223, derives from Ancient Greek κρῖ (krî)