Svan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Kartvelian *ca- (sky). *ცა̈̄- (*cǟ-) is attested only in this word and was displaced by დეც (dec), a borrowing from Georgian ზეცა (zeca).

Compare Mingrelian ცაშხა (cašxa), Laz ჩაჩხა (çaçxa).

Noun

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ცა̈̄შ (cǟš)

  1. Thursday

See also

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Noun

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ცა̈̄შ (cǟš)

  1. genitive singular of *ცა̈̄- (*cǟ-, sky)

Further reading

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  • Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001) “ცა̄შ”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 352b
  • Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “ცააშ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 352b
  • Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012) “ხუთშაბათი”, in Gruzino-svansko-russkij slovarʹ. Verxnebalskij dialekt [Georgian–Svan–Russian Dictionary: Upper Bal Dialect], 2nd edition, prepared for publication and prefaced by Lela Nižaradze, Tbilisi: Universal, page 252a
  • Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ცა̈̄შ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1875