Georgian

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ღომი (1)

Etymology

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From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ɣom-. Cognate with Mingrelian ღუმუ (ɣumu), Laz ღომუ (ğomu), ღომი (ğomi).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ღომი (ɣomi) (plural ღომები)

  1. foxtail millet (Setaria italica)
  2. ghomi (a kind of gruel made from maize, formerly also from foxtail millet)

Declension

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Declension of ღომი (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative ღომი (ɣomi)
ergative ღომმა (ɣomma)
dative ღომს(ა) (ɣoms(a))
genitive ღომის(ა) (ɣomis(a))
instrumental ღომით(ა) (ɣomit(a))
adverbial ღომად(ა) (ɣomad(a))
vocative ღომო (ɣomo)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
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)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ղոմի (ġomi)
  • Russian: го́ми (gómi)

References

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  • 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