გრილა
Georgian
editEtymology
editFrom გრილი (grili, “cool”) with the verb არს (ars, “to be”). The verb soon turned impersonal and got new screeve forms (გრილოდა (griloda), გრილოდეს (grilodes)).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editგრილა • (grila) (third-person singular present indicative)
- (impersonal) to be cool, chilly, fresh, brisk (weather), when it's less than cold and pleasantly so.
- ზაფხულის ბოლოს საღამოობით გრილა ხოლმე.
- zapxulis bolos saɣamoobit grila xolme.
- Late summer evenings are usually chilly.
Synonyms
edit- ცივა (civa)
Further reading
edit- Šaniʒe, Aḳaḳi (1980) Kartuli enis gramaṭiḳis sapuʒvlebi [Basics of Georgian Grammar] (Txzulebani tormeṭ ṭomad; 3) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, § 565, pages 528-530