განძი
Georgian
editEtymology
editFrom Old Georgian განძი (ganʒi), borrowed from Old Armenian գանձ (ganj, “treasure”), itself an Iranian borrowing. That it passed through Armenian is implied by its /d͡z/.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editგანძი • (ganʒi) (usually uncountable, plural განძები)
- treasure (mostly buried)
Inflection
edit Declension of განძი (see Georgian declension)
singular | plural | archaic plural | |
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nominative | განძი (ganʒi) | განძები (ganʒebi) | განძნი (ganʒni) |
ergative | განძმა (ganʒma) | განძებმა (ganʒebma) | განძთ(ა) (ganʒt(a)) |
dative | განძს(ა) (ganʒs(a)) | განძებს(ა) (ganʒebs(a)) | განძთ(ა) (ganʒt(a)) |
genitive | განძის(ა) (ganʒis(a)) | განძების(ა) (ganʒebis(a)) | განძთ(ა) (ganʒt(a)) |
instrumental | განძით(ა) (ganʒit(a)) | განძებით(ა) (ganʒebit(a)) | |
adverbial | განძად(ა) (ganʒad(a)) | განძებად(ა) (ganʒebad(a)) | |
vocative | განძო (ganʒo) | განძებო (ganʒebo) | განძნო (ganʒno) |
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist. |
Postpositional inflection of განძი (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking a dative case | singular | plural |
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-ზე (on - ) | განძზე (ganʒze) | განძებზე (ganʒebze) |
-თან (near - ) | განძთან (ganʒtan) | განძებთან (ganʒebtan) |
-ში (in - ) | განძში (ganʒši) | განძებში (ganʒebši) |
-ვით (like a - ) | განძივით (ganʒivit) | განძებივით (ganʒebivit) |
postpositions taking a genitive case | singular | plural |
-თვის (for - ) | განძისთვის (ganʒistvis) | განძებისთვის (ganʒebistvis) |
-ებრ (like a - ) | განძისებრ (ganʒisebr) | განძებისებრ (ganʒebisebr) |
-კენ (towards - ) | განძისკენ (ganʒisḳen) | განძებისკენ (ganʒebisḳen) |
-გან (from/of - ) | განძისგან (ganʒisgan) | განძებისგან (ganʒebisgan) |
postpositions taking an instrumental case | singular | plural |
-დან (from / since - ) | განძიდან (ganʒidan) | განძებიდან (ganʒebidan) |
-ურთ (together with - ) | განძითურთ (ganʒiturt) | განძებითურთ (ganʒebiturt) |
postpositions taking an adverbial case | singular | plural |
-მდე (up to - ) | განძამდე (ganʒamde) | განძებამდე (ganʒebamde) |
Synonyms
edit- საუნჯე (saunǯe)
Derived terms
edit- საგანძური (saganʒuri)
References
edit- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “განძი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)][1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 77
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գանձ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
Mingrelian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Georgian განძი (ganʒi) or directly from Old Armenian գանձ (ganj, “treasure”). See the Georgian entry for more.
Noun
editგანძი • (ganʒi)
References
edit- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գանձ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “განძი”, 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)[2] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press
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- Georgian lemmas
- Georgian nouns
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- Mingrelian terms borrowed from Georgian
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