ღრმა
Georgian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Georgian ღრმაჲ (ɣrmay), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ɣrma- (“hole, pit”). Compare ხრამი (xrami, “precipice; ravine”), ultimately from the same source via Armenian.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
indeclinable
ღრმა • (ɣrma) (comparative უფრო ღრმა, superlative ყველაზე ღრმა)
Synonyms edit
Antonyms edit
- მარჩხობი (marčxobi)
Derived terms edit
- სიღრმე (siɣrme)
See also edit
- ხრამი (xrami)
References edit
- Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ღრმა”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 233-234
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 495-496