თბილა

Georgian

Etymology

From თბილი (tbili, “warm”) with the verb არს (ars, “to be”). The verb soon turned impersonal and got new screeve forms (თბილოდა (tbiloda), თბილოდეს (tbilodes)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰbila/, [tʰbiɫa]
• Hyphenation: თბი‧ლა

Verb

თბილა • (tbila) (third-person singular present indicative)

1. (impersonal) to be warm (weather), when it's less than hot and pleasantly so.

   დღეს მზიანი ამინდია და თბილა.

   dɣes mziani amindia da tbila.

   It is sunny and warm today.

Synonyms

• ცხელა (cxela)

Antonyms

• ცივა (civa)
• ყინავს (q̇inavs)

Further reading

• 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