ფშალა

Georgian

ფშალა

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *pšal-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰʃala/, [pʰʃaɫa]
  • Hyphenation: ფშა‧ლა

Noun

ფშალა • (pšala) (plural ფშალები)

  1. (dialectal, Adjara, Guria, Imereti) hop (Humulus lupulus)
    Synonyms: გარმაშო (garmašo), სვია (svia)

Inflection

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Descendants

  • Laz: ფშალი (pşali)
  • Mingrelian: ფშალე (pšale), ფშალა (pšala), ფშალო (pšalo)
  • Svan: ფშალაჲ (pšalay, sprout; hop)

Further reading

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ფშალა”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ფშალა”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo

Mingrelian

Noun

ფშალა • (pšala)

  1. Alternative form of ფშალე (pšale)
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