ძალუძს
Georgian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editMost probably a learned borrowing from Old Georgian. A noun-verb compound from Old Georgian ძალი (ʒali, “power, strength; capability”) and უძს (uʒs, “to have”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editძალუძს • (ʒaluʒs) (third-person singular present mediopassive indicative)
- (rare) to be able, capable (of doing something; mostly physically)
- William Shakespeare, King Lear, translated by I. Machabeli and I. Chavchavadze
- თუმცა შენდამი, გონერილავ, დიდს სიყვარულს ვგრძნობ, მაგრამ არ ძალმიძს ამ საქმეში მე შენ მოგკერძო.
- tumca šendami, gonerilav, dids siq̇varuls vgrʒnob, magram ar ʒalmiʒs am sakmeši me šen mogḳerʒo.
- I cannot be so partial, Goneril, to the great love I bear you.
- William Shakespeare, King Lear, translated by I. Machabeli and I. Chavchavadze
Usage notes
editThis verb is mostly used in negative to state what you're definitely not able to do. Now, often used in a jocular way to say 'extremely incapable of doing' with the particle არ.