ნიში
Georgian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editInflection
edit Declension of ნიში (see Georgian declension)
| singular | plural | archaic plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ნიში (niši) | ნიშები (nišebi) | ნიშნი (nišni) |
| ergative | ნიშმა (nišma) | ნიშებმა (nišebma) | ნიშთ(ა) (ništ(a)) |
| dative | ნიშს(ა) (nišs(a)) | ნიშებს(ა) (nišebs(a)) | ნიშთ(ა) (ništ(a)) |
| genitive | ნიშის(ა) (nišis(a)) | ნიშების(ა) (nišebis(a)) | ნიშთ(ა) (ništ(a)) |
| instrumental | ნიშით(ა) (nišit(a)) | ნიშებით(ა) (nišebit(a)) | |
| adverbial | ნიშად(ა) (nišad(a)) | ნიშებად(ა) (nišebad(a)) | |
| vocative | ნიშო (nišo) | ნიშებო (nišebo) | ნიშნო (nišno) |
| Notes: archaic plurals might not exist. | |||
Postpositional inflection of ნიში (see Georgian postpositions)
| postpositions taking a dative case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| -ზე (on - ) | ნიშზე (nišze) | ნიშებზე (nišebze) |
| -თან (near - ) | ნიშთან (ništan) | ნიშებთან (nišebtan) |
| -ში (in - ) | ნიშში (nišši) | ნიშებში (nišebši) |
| -ვით (like a - ) | ნიშივით (nišivit) | ნიშებივით (nišebivit) |
| postpositions taking a genitive case | singular | plural |
| -თვის (for - ) | ნიშისთვის (nišistvis) | ნიშებისთვის (nišebistvis) |
| -ებრ (like a - ) | ნიშისებრ (nišisebr) | ნიშებისებრ (nišebisebr) |
| -კენ (towards - ) | ნიშისკენ (nišisḳen) | ნიშებისკენ (nišebisḳen) |
| -გან (from/of - ) | ნიშისგან (nišisgan) | ნიშებისგან (nišebisgan) |
| postpositions taking an instrumental case | singular | plural |
| -დან (from / since - ) | ნიშიდან (nišidan) | ნიშებიდან (nišebidan) |
| -ურთ (together with - ) | ნიშითურთ (nišiturt) | ნიშებითურთ (nišebiturt) |
| postpositions taking an adverbial case | singular | plural |
| -მდე (up to - ) | ნიშამდე (nišamde) | ნიშებამდე (nišebamde) |
Mingrelian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editCompare Laz ნუში (nuşi), Middle Georgian ნუშა (nuša, “small boat”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Ч͑арая, П. (1912) Об отношении абхазского языка к яфетическим [On the relation of Abkhaz with Japhetic languages] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 4)[1] (in Russian), edited and supplemented by N. Marr, Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 13
- ^ Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 147
Further reading
edit- Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ნიში”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1049
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 822
- Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ნიში”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
- Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ნჷში”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)[3], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
- Chirikba, Viacheslav V. (2006) “Abkhaz Loans in Megrelian”, in Iran and the Caucasus[4], volume 10, number 1, page 45–46 of 25–76, follows Dzidzarija and considers Mingrelian to be borrowed from Abkhaz only due to the presence of ჷ (ə) in Mingrelian form
Old Georgian
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Iranian. See Persian نشان (nešân) for more.
Noun
editნიში • (niši)
References
edit- Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ნიში”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 917a
- Čubinašvili, Niḳo (1812–1825) “ნიში”, in Kartuli leksiḳoni rusulis targamaniturt [Georgian Explanatory Dictionary with Russian Commentaries][5], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences