ნათელი

Georgian

From Old Georgian ნათელი (nateli), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *nat-e- (“light”), from *nat- (“to shine, give light”). Cognate with Mingrelian ნოთე (note, “ray of light; torch”) and Laz ნოთე (note, “torch”).

Adjectival declension of ნათელი

Case	adjective
nominative, genitive, instrumental	ნათელი (nateli)
ergative	ნათელმა (natelma)
dative, adverbial	ნათელ (natel)
vocative	ნათელო (natelo)

ნათელი • (nateli) (comparative უფრო ნათელი, superlative ყველაზე ნათელი)

lighted, light
(figuratively) obvious, blatant
ნათელი მაგალითი ― nateli magaliti ― blatant example

Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 313-314
Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 136-137

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *nat-e- (“light”), from *nat- (“to shine, give light”), which is one of the largest terms by number of derivatives.

ნათელი • (nateli)

ნათელი • (nateli)

Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 353
Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 137
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 313