ლაყე
Georgian
editEtymology
editAccording to Bläsing from Persian لق (laq), لغ (lağ, “an addle egg”), whence also Armenian լակ (lak).[1]
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editindeclinable
ლაყე • (laq̇e) (comparative უფრო ლაყე, superlative ყველაზე ლაყე)
- (of an egg) addle
Inflection
editAdjectival declension of ლაყე
| Case | adjective |
|---|---|
| nominative, genitive, instrumental | ლაყე (laq̇e) |
| ergative | ლაყე (laq̇e) |
| dative, adverbial | ლაყე (laq̇e) |
| vocative | ლაყე (laq̇e) |
Derived terms
edit- ლაყე თავი (laq̇e tavi)
References
edit- ^ Bläsing, Uwe (2008) “Georgian laq̇e, an 'addle egg' in Kartvelian: Review of a Georgian Etymology”, in Iran and the Caucasus[1], volume 12, number 1, pages 45–55
Further reading
edit- Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ლაყე”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 107, together with Laz ლოყა (loqa, “sweet”) derives Proto-Georgian-Zan *laq̣e-