ცალი
Georgian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *cal-. Cognate with Laz ცორი (ʒori).
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
ცალი • (cali)
- either (one or the other of two)
Noun edit
ცალი • (cali) (uncountable)
- Used when naming the number of objects; piece
- ათი ცალი კვერცხი ― ati cali ḳvercxi ― ten eggs
Adjective edit
Adjectival declension of ცალი
ცალი • (cali) (comparative უფრო ცალი, superlative ყველაზე ცალი)
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Descendants edit
References edit
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 262
Further reading edit
- Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 590, follows Shanidze and connects with Svan -შა̄ლ (-šāl), which is rather akin to Mingrelian -შორო (-šoro)