ლორწო

Georgian

Alternative forms

• ლორწი (lorc̣i), ლორწკო (lorc̣ḳo), ლორწკი (lorc̣ḳi)

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *lorc̣-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lort͡sʼo/, [ɫoɾt͡sʼo]
• Hyphenation: ლორ‧წო

Noun

ლორწო • (lorc̣o) (uncountable)

1. mucilage, mucus, slime, phlegm
2. (Imereti) foam (at mouth), slobber

Inflection

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Declension of ლორწო (see Georgian declension)

	singular	plural	archaic plural
nominative	ლორწო (lorc̣o)
ergative	ლორწომ (lorc̣om)
dative	ლორწოს(ა) (lorc̣os(a))
genitive	ლორწოს(ა) (lorc̣os(a))
instrumental	ლორწოთ(ა) (lorc̣ot(a))
adverbial	ლორწოდ(ა) (lorc̣od(a))
vocative	ლორწოვ (lorc̣ov)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.

Postpositional inflection of ლორწო (see Georgian postpositions)

postpositions taking a dative case	singular	plural
-ზე (on - )	ლორწოზე (lorc̣oze)
-თან (near - )	ლორწოსთან (lorc̣ostan)
-ში (in - )	ლორწოში (lorc̣oši)
-ვით (like a - )	ლორწოსავით (lorc̣osavit)
postpositions taking a genitive case	singular	plural
-თვის (for - )	ლორწოსთვის (lorc̣ostvis)
-ებრ (like a - )	ლორწოსებრ (lorc̣osebr)
-კენ (towards - )	ლორწოსკენ (lorc̣osḳen)
-გან (from/of - )	ლორწოსგან (lorc̣osgan)
postpositions taking an instrumental case	singular	plural
-დან (from / since - )	ლორწოდან (lorc̣odan)
-ურთ (together with - )	ლორწოთურთ (lorc̣oturt)
postpositions taking an adverbial case	singular	plural
-მდე (up to - )	ლორწომდე (lorc̣omde)

Derived terms

• ლორწიანი (lorc̣iani)

Descendants

• → Bats: ლორწო̂ (lorc̣ô)

Further reading

• Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ლორწო”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press