მაფშალია
Mingrelian
Alternative forms
- მაფშაია (mapšaia)
Etymology
ფშალე (pšale, “hop”) + მა- -ია (ma- -ia). Cognate with Laz მაფშალე (mapşale, “nightingale”).
Noun
მაფშალია • (mapšalia) (plural მაფშალიეფი)
- nightingale
- Synonym: იადონი (iadoni)
- (rare) hop (Humulus lupulus)
- Synonyms: ზვუია (zvuia), ფშალე (pšale)
Derived terms
- მაფშალური (mapšaluri)
- მაფშალიაშ ნინა (mapšaliaš nina)
Further reading
- Ḳarṭozia, Guram, Gersamia, Rusudan, Lomia, Maia, Cxadaia, Taia (2010) Manana Ṗerṭenava, Sopio Šamugua, Irma Xaramišvili, Maḳa Comaia, editors, Megrulis lingvisṭuri analizi [Linguistic analysis of Mingrelian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Meridiani, →ISBN, page 444
- Kajaia, Otar (2005) “მაფშალია”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 819
- Kobalia, Alio (2010) “მაფშალია”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
- Ониани, А. Л. (1985) “О грамматической категории класса в картвельских языках [On the grammatical category of class in the Kartvelian languages]”, in Вопросы языкознания (in Russian), number 3, page 71 of 67–76
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.