Georgian

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Etymology

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From Old Georgian თაფლი (tapli), from Proto-Kartvelian *tapl-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [tʰapʰli]
  • Hyphenation: თაფ‧ლი

Noun

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თაფლი (tapli) (uncountable)

  1. honey

Inflection

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Declension of თაფლი (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative თაფლი (tapli)
ergative თაფლმა (taplma)
dative თაფლს(ა) (tapls(a))
genitive თაფლის(ა) (taplis(a))
instrumental თაფლით(ა) (taplit(a))
adverbial თაფლად(ა) (taplad(a))
vocative თაფლო (taplo)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of თაფლი (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking the dative case singular plural
-ზე (-ze, on) თაფლზე (taplze)
-თან (-tan, near) თაფლთან (tapltan)
-ში (-ši, in) თაფლში (taplši)
-ვით (-vit, like) თაფლივით (taplivit)
postpositions taking the genitive case singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, for) თაფლისთვის (taplistvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, like) თაფლისებრ (taplisebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, towards) თაფლისკენ (taplisḳen)
-გან (-gan, from/of) თაფლისგან (taplisgan)
-ადმი (-admi, in relation to) თაფლისადმი (taplisadmi)
postpositions taking the instrumental case singular plural
-დან (-dan, from/since) თაფლიდან (taplidan)
-ურთ (-urt, together with) თაფლითურთ (tapliturt)
postpositions taking the adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (-mde, up to) თაფლამდე (taplamde)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “თაფლი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “თაფლი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎[1], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 135a

Old Georgian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Kartvelian *tapl-.

Noun

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თაფლი (tapli)

  1. honey

Descendants

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  • Georgian: თაფლი (tapli)

Further reading

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  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “თაფლი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[2] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 179a