ოფშამს

Laz

Alternative forms

• ოფშაჲ (opşay) — Vizha, Artasheni

Etymology

From ო- (o-) +‎ ფშ- (pş-) +‎ -ამ (-am) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *wes₁- : ws₁- (“to fill, be filled”).

Verb

ოფშამს • (opşams) (Latin spelling opşams) (Atina, Vitse–Arkabi)

1. to fill

   Synonym: ჲოფშაფს (yopşaps)

   აშექ კუკუმაზ წკაითე ოფშუ დო კუკუმამუშიქ გოწიწროდინამს

   aşek ǩuǩumaz ǯǩaite opşu do ǩuǩumamuşik goǯiǯrodinams

   Aisha filled her bucket with water. But the bucket is leaking at the bottom.

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “opşams[A] (PZ), opşay (ÇM ~ AŞ)”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “opşams[B]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[2] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოფშუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[3], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi