Svan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Kartvelian *c̣ip-.

Noun edit

წიფ (c̣ip) (plural წიფა̈რ)

  1. beech
    Synonym: წიფრა (c̣ipra)
  2. beechnut

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001) “წიფ”, 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 367a
  • Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “წიფ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 331a
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “წიფელი, წიფელა”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎[1], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
  • Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012) “წიფელი”, 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 243b
  • Oniani, Arsen (1917) “წიფ”, in Megmareš i balxare žaxēle xoraû / Сборник сванских названий деревьев и растений (на лашхском наречии) [Compilation of tree and plant names] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 8) (in Svan), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 37b
  • Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “წიფ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1914