წვრილმანი

Georgian edit

Etymology edit

Marr says, that the word is formed from წვრილი (c̣vrili, small; thin) and suffix -მან which, as he states, comes from Armenian մանր (manr, small).
Shanidze denies this and says the word is formed from reduplicating წვრილი (c̣vrili): წვრ consonant cluster turning into მ, and ლ dissimilating into ნ. Compare კუჭმაჭი (ḳuč̣mač̣i), ძველმანი (ʒvelmani).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /t͡sʼvrilmani/, [t͡sʼʷɾilmani]
  • Hyphenation: წვრილ‧მა‧ნი

Adjective edit

წვრილმანი (c̣vrilmani) (comparative უფრო წვრილმანი, superlative ყველაზე წვრილმანი)

  1. hairsplitting, meticulous, peddling, pettifogging, petty, piddling, potty, trifling, minutiae, straw, trifle, trivia

Declension edit

References edit

Marr, N. Ja. (1935) Избранные работы [Selected Works]‎[1] (in Russian), volume V, Leningrad, Moscow: Государственное социально-экономическое издательство, page 18
Šaniʒe, Aḳaḳi (1980) Kartuli enis gramaṭiḳis sapuʒvlebi [Basics of Georgian Grammar] (Txzulebani tormeṭ ṭomad; 3) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 149