ღომი (1)
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ɣom- . Cognate with Mingrelian ღუმუ ( ɣumu ) , Laz ღომუ ( ğomu ) , ღომი ( ğomi ) .
ღომი • (ɣomi ) (plural ღომები )
foxtail millet (Setaria italica )
ghomi ( a kind of gruel made from maize , formerly also from foxtail millet )
Postpositional inflection of ღომი (see Georgian postpositions )
postpositions taking a dative case
singular
plural
-ზე ( -ze , “ on ” )
ღომზე ( ɣomze )
-თან ( -tan , “ near ” )
ღომთან ( ɣomtan )
-ში ( -ši , “ in ” )
ღომში ( ɣomši )
-ვით ( -vit , “ like ” )
ღომივით ( ɣomivit )
postpositions taking a genitive case
singular
plural
-თვის ( -tvis , “ for ” )
ღომისთვის ( ɣomistvis )
-ებრ ( -ebr , “ like ” )
ღომისებრ ( ɣomisebr )
-კენ ( -ḳen , “ towards ” )
ღომისკენ ( ɣomisḳen )
-გან ( -gan , “ from/of ” )
ღომისგან ( ɣomisgan )
postpositions taking an instrumental case
singular
plural
-დან ( -dan , “ from/since ” )
ღომიდან ( ɣomidan )
-ურთ ( -urt , “ together with ” )
ღომითურთ ( ɣomiturt )
postpositions taking an adverbial case
singular
plural
-მდე ( -mde , “ up to ” )
ღომამდე ( ɣomamde )
→ Armenian: ղոմի ( ġomi )
→ Russian: го́ми ( gómi )
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007 ) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary ] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 490–491
Klimov, G. A. (1998 ) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16 ), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 231–232
Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961 ) “ღომი ”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary ][1] , 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo