Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Georgian ცუდი (cudi), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *cud-.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /t͡sudi/, [t͡sʰudi]
  • Hyphenation: ცუ‧დი

Adjective edit

ცუდი (cudi) (comparative უარესი, superlative ყველაზე ცუდი)

  1. bad
    Synonym: გლახა (glaxa)

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Old Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *cud-.

On the other hand, Klimov derives from Proto-Georgian-Zan *c₁wet-, *c₁wt- (to wear out) (whence ცვეთა (cveta), გაცვეთა (gacveta), დაცვეთა (dacveta)).

Adjective edit

ცუდი (cudi)

  1. futile, vain

Descendants edit

  • Georgian: ცუდი (cudi)

References edit

  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 562
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 271