ზჷსყ

Svan

Alternative forms

• ზისყ (zisq̇)

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *g(r)c̣q̇il- / *grc̣q̇-il-.

Noun

ზჷსყ • (zəsq̇) (plural ზჷსყა̈რ)

1. flea

Further reading

• Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “ზჷსყ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 108b
• Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012) “გრწყილი”, 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 82a
• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ზჷსყ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 547