კაცი

Georgian

Vitruvian Man by Leonardo Da Vinci

Etymology

From Old Georgian კაცი (ḳaci), from Proto-Kartvelian *ḳac₁-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʼat͡si/, [kʼat͡sʰi]
  • Hyphenation: კა‧ცი

Noun

კაცი • (ḳaci) (plural კაცები, archaic plural კაცნი)

  1. man
  2. human
  3. (dated, colloquial) husband
  4. (obsolete) messenger, courier

Inflection

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Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Pronoun

კაცი • (ḳaci)

  1. anyone

Synonyms

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *ḳac₁-.

Adverb

კაცი • (ḳaci)

  1. nobody
    (Asomtavruli): ႩႠႺႫႠႬႺႠ ႬႳ ႳႼႷႨႱ, ႱႠႣႠ ႨႷႥႬႤႧ ႧႵႳႤႬ. (Mkhedruli):
    კაცმანცა ნუ უწყის, სადა იყვნეთ თქუენ.
    ḳacmanca nu uc̣q̇is, sada iq̇vnet tkuen.
    Nobody knows where you were.

Noun

კაცი • (ḳaci) (plural კაცნი)

  1. man
  2. human
  3. husband
  4. used as a unit of measurement (implying the height of an average man).

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of man): ქალი (kali), დიაცი (diaci)

Descendants

  • Georgian: კაცი (ḳaci)

References

  • 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 265
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 86
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 224
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “კაცი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 193
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “კაცი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 163
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