ცრუჲ

Old Georgian

Alternative forms

ცრუვი (cruvi)

Etymology

According to Andronikashvili, an Iranian borrowing from the family of Old Armenian զուր (zur), the ცრ- (cr-) having developed from earlier *ძრ- (*ʒr-). The connection with the Armenian was suggested already by Marr. See also Old Georgian ძჳრი (ʒwiri).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t͡sruj]

Noun

ცრუჲ • (cruy)

lie, falsehood

Adjective

ცრუჲ • (cruy)

lying, mendacious

Derived terms

ცრუდ (crud)
ცრუვებაჲ (cruvebay)

Descendants

Georgian: ცრუ (cru)

References

Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1946) “Iranuli c̣armošobis zogi kartuli siṭq̇vis eṭimologiisatvis [On the etymology of some Georgian words of Iranian origin]”, in Iberiul-ḳavḳasiuri enatmecniereba [Ibero-Caucasica]‎^[1] (in Georgian), volume 1, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 391 of 385–391
Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1966) Narḳvevebi iranul-kartuli enobrivi urtiertobidan I [Studies in Iranian–Georgian Linguistic Contacts I] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi University Press, pages 67, 89, 188, 214, 403–404
Marr, N. (1926) “Две новых работы С. С. Uhlenbeck’a по баскскому языку [Two new studies by С. С. Uhlenbeck on Basque]”, in Язык и литература (in Russian), volume I, numbers 1–2, Leningrad: Научно-исследовательский институт сравнительного изучения литератур и языков Запада и Востока, page 272 of 261–278
Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ცრუჲ / ცრუვი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1459a