ნიჭი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian ნიჭი (nič̣i, “gift, reward, present”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nit͡ʃʼi/
• Hyphenation: ნი‧ჭი

Noun

ნიჭი • (nič̣i) (usually uncountable, plural ნიჭები)

1. talent, gift
2. (by extension) capability
3. (archaic) gift, present, reward, bestowal

Inflection

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Declension of ნიჭი (see Georgian declension)

	singular	plural	archaic plural
nominative	ნიჭი (nič̣i)
ergative	ნიჭმა (nič̣ma)
dative	ნიჭს(ა) (nič̣s(a))
genitive	ნიჭის(ა) (nič̣is(a))
instrumental	ნიჭით(ა) (nič̣it(a))
adverbial	ნიჭად(ა) (nič̣ad(a))
vocative	ნიჭო (nič̣o)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.

Postpositional inflection of ნიჭი (see Georgian postpositions)

postpositions taking a dative case	singular	plural
-ზე (on - )	ნიჭზე (nič̣ze)
-თან (near - )	ნიჭთან (nič̣tan)
-ში (in - )	ნიჭში (nič̣ši)
-ვით (like a - )	ნიჭივით (nič̣ivit)
postpositions taking a genitive case	singular	plural
-თვის (for - )	ნიჭისთვის (nič̣istvis)
-ებრ (like a - )	ნიჭისებრ (nič̣isebr)
-კენ (towards - )	ნიჭისკენ (nič̣isḳen)
-გან (from/of - )	ნიჭისგან (nič̣isgan)
postpositions taking an instrumental case	singular	plural
-დან (from / since - )	ნიჭიდან (nič̣idan)
-ურთ (together with - )	ნიჭითურთ (nič̣iturt)
postpositions taking an adverbial case	singular	plural
-მდე (up to - )	ნიჭამდე (nič̣amde)

Descendants

• → Bats: ნიჭ (nič̣)

References

• Fähnrich, Heinz (2022) Der Erbwortschatz der nachischen Sprachen im Kaukasus [The inherited vocabulary of Nakh languages in the Caucasus] (in German), Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, page 8