ისირი

Laz

Alternative forms

• ისირ (isir), ისიი (isii), ისიჲი (isiyi)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *isl-.

Noun

ისირი • (isiri) (Latin spelling isiri) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa)

1. a sedge-like plant species
2. chaff, straw, hay

   ნანაქ აღნე ისირიში შირთე გელახუნონიზ ქოგელორჩუ

   nanak ağne isirişi şirte gelaxunoniz kogelorçu

   My mother spread the new straw mattress on the ottoman

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “isir/ isiri/ isiyi”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• ისჷრი (isəri), ისირე (isire), ლისირი (lisiri), ლასჷრი (lasəri)

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *isl-.

Noun

ისირი • (isiri)

1. sedge

   Synonym: ხაია (xaia)

2. purple moor-grass (Molinia caerulea)

Derived terms

• ისიროტა (isiroṭa, “bushgrass (Calamagrostis epigejos spp.)”)

Descendants

• → Svan: ისრ (isr)

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ისირი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 647
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ისირი”, 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, page 249a
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 798
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ისირი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[3], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
• Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ისლი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎^[4], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo