შტერი

Georgian

From Middle Georgian სტერი (sṭeri), borrowed from Ancient Greek στερέω (steréō, “to deprive”), possibly via Mingrelian.^[1] The alternation შტ- (šṭ-) ~ სტ- (sṭ-) is seen also in შტო (šṭo) ~ სტო (sṭo).^[2]

Case	adjective
nominative, genitive, instrumental	შტერი (šṭeri)
ergative	შტერმა (šṭerma)
dative, adverbial	შტერ (šṭer)
vocative	შტერო (šṭero)

შტერი • (šṭeri) (comparative უფრო შტერი, superlative ყველაზე შტერი)

შტერი • (šṭeri) (plural შტერები)

^ Vogt, Hans (1988) Linguistique caucasienne et arménienne (Studia Caucasologica; II)‎^[1] (in French), Oslo: Norwegian University Press, page 363.
^ Vogt, Hans (1988) Linguistique caucasienne et arménienne (Studia Caucasologica; II)‎^[2] (in French), Oslo: Norwegian University Press, page 126.

Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “შტერი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎^[3], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 419b
Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “სტერი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎^[4], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 326b