ბერგ

Svan

Alternative forms

• ბე̄რგ (bērg)

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *berg- (“to hoe, hack”).

Noun

ბერგ • (berg) (plural ბერგა̈ლ)

1. hoe

Related terms

• ლიბე̄რგე (libērge), ლიბჷრჯე (libərǯe)

Further reading

• Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001) “ბერგ”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 45b
• Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “ბერგ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 67a
• Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012) “თოხი”, in Gruzino-svansko-russkij slovarʹ. Verxnebalskij dialekt [Georgian–Svan–Russian Dictionary: Upper Bal Dialect], 2nd edition, prepared for publication and prefaced by Lela Nižaradze, Tbilisi: Universal, page 125a
• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ბერგ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing