ღერღავს

Georgian

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Etymology

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From Old Georgian [Term?], from Proto-Kartvelian root *ɣerɣ- (to grind coarsely; to gnaw).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɣerɣavs/, [ʁeɾʁafs]
  • Hyphenation: ღერ‧ღავს

Verb

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ღერღავს (ɣerɣavs) (third-person singular present active indicative)

  1. (transitive) to grind coarsely
  2. (transitive) to gnaw, chew on

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 223