ნეზვი
Georgian
Etymology
From Old Georgian ნეზჳ (nezwi, “nanny goat”), from Proto-Kartvelian *ne-zw-, from Proto-Kartvelian *zw- (“to kitten, to fawn, to bear (animals)”). Ketevan Lomtatidze connects it with words such as Laz ბოზო (bozo, “girl”), Svan ზურალ (zural, “woman”), Adyghe хьабзы (ḥabzə, “bitch (a female dog)”) or more broadly бзы (bzə, “female”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nezvi/, [nezʷi]
- Hyphenation: ნეზ‧ვი
Noun
ნეზვი • (nezvi) (plural ნეზვები)
- sow (a female pig)
- ewe (a female sheep)
- nanny goat
- (by extension) a sow, a ewe or a nanny goat saved for breeding
Inflection
Declension of ნეზვი (see Georgian declension)
| singular | plural | archaic plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ნეზვი (nezvi) | ნეზვები (nezvebi) | ნეზვნი (nezvni) |
| ergative | ნეზვმა (nezvma) | ნეზვებმა (nezvebma) | ნეზვთ(ა) (nezvt(a)) |
| dative | ნეზვს(ა) (nezvs(a)) | ნეზვებს(ა) (nezvebs(a)) | ნეზვთ(ა) (nezvt(a)) |
| genitive | ნეზვის(ა) (nezvis(a)) | ნეზვების(ა) (nezvebis(a)) | ნეზვთ(ა) (nezvt(a)) |
| instrumental | ნეზვით(ა) (nezvit(a)) | ნეზვებით(ა) (nezvebit(a)) | |
| adverbial | ნეზვად(ა) (nezvad(a)) | ნეზვებად(ა) (nezvebad(a)) | |
| vocative | ნეზვო (nezvo) | ნეზვებო (nezvebo) | ნეზვნო (nezvno) |
| Notes: archaic plurals might not exist. | |||
Postpositional inflection of ნეზვი (see Georgian postpositions)
| postpositions taking a dative case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| -ზე (on - ) | ნეზვზე (nezvze) | ნეზვებზე (nezvebze) |
| -თან (near - ) | ნეზვთან (nezvtan) | ნეზვებთან (nezvebtan) |
| -ში (in - ) | ნეზვში (nezvši) | ნეზვებში (nezvebši) |
| -ვით (like a - ) | ნეზვივით (nezvivit) | ნეზვებივით (nezvebivit) |
| postpositions taking a genitive case | singular | plural |
| -თვის (for - ) | ნეზვისთვის (nezvistvis) | ნეზვებისთვის (nezvebistvis) |
| -ებრ (like a - ) | ნეზვისებრ (nezvisebr) | ნეზვებისებრ (nezvebisebr) |
| -კენ (towards - ) | ნეზვისკენ (nezvisḳen) | ნეზვებისკენ (nezvebisḳen) |
| -გან (from/of - ) | ნეზვისგან (nezvisgan) | ნეზვებისგან (nezvebisgan) |
| postpositions taking an instrumental case | singular | plural |
| -დან (from / since - ) | ნეზვიდან (nezvidan) | ნეზვებიდან (nezvebidan) |
| -ურთ (together with - ) | ნეზვითურთ (nezviturt) | ნეზვებითურთ (nezvebiturt) |
| postpositions taking an adverbial case | singular | plural |
| -მდე (up to - ) | ნეზვამდე (nezvamde) | ნეზვებამდე (nezvebamde) |
Descendants
- → Bats: ნეზვ (nezv)
References
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 171
- Klimov, G. A. (1964) Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, pages 87, 146–147
- Lomtatiʒe, K. (1961) “Gakvavebul gramaṭiḳul ḳlas-nišanta saḳitxisatvis apxazuri enis saxelis puʒeebši [On the issue of fossilized grammatical class indicators in the stems of the substantives of the Abkhaz language]”, in Bulletin of the Georgian SSR Academy of Sciences (in Georgian), volume 26, number 1, page 117 of 115–122
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