აღცრაჲ

Old Georgian

FWOTD – 17 January 2023

From აღ- (aɣ-) +‎ ცრ- (cr-), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *car- ~ *cr-.

აღცრაჲ • (aɣcray)

to sift
- 5th century and later, Bible, Luke 22.31:
  ეშმაკმან გამოგითხოვნა თქუენ აღცრად, ვითარცა იფქლი
  ešmaḳman gamogitxovna tkuen aɣcrad, vitarca ipkli
  Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat
to scatter, disperse
- 10th century, ṗarxlis mravaltavi 774.22-24a:
  ესენი ოდესმე გრძნებდეს და აღიცრეს თითითა ღმრთისაჲთა
  eseni odesme grʒnebdes da aɣicres titita ɣmrtisayta
  They once performed magic and were scattered by the finger of God.

In Luke, corresponds to Old Armenian խարբալեմ (xarbalem) and Ancient Greek σινιάζω (siniázō).

Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “აღცრა”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 24b
Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “აღცრა”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎^[2], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 38a
Ruxaʒe, Grigol (2008) “აღცრა”, in Gvanca Ḳoṗlaṭaʒe, editor, Ʒveli kartuli enis šeertebuli leksiḳoni [United dictionary of Old Georgian]‎^[3] (in Georgian), compiled based on the lexical sources of Il. Abulaʒe, Aḳ. Šaniʒe, Iv. Imnaišvili, S. Q̇auxčišvili, Ḳ. Ḳeḳeliʒe, Z. Sarǯvelaʒe and others, Tbilisi: Patriarchate of Georgia, page 31b
Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “აღცრა, აღცრაჲ”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 84b
Серебряков, Б. Я. (1962) “აღცრა”, in Древнегрузинско-русский словарь (по двум древним редакциям Четвероглава)‎^[4], Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 12a