შუშა
Georgian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃuʃa/
- Hyphenation: შუ‧შა
Inflection
Declension of შუშა (see Georgian declension)
| singular | plural | archaic plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | შუშა (šuša) | შუშები (šušebi) | შუშანი (šušani) |
| ergative | შუშამ (šušam) | შუშებმა (šušebma) | შუშათ(ა) (šušat(a)) |
| dative | შუშას(ა) (šušas(a)) | შუშებს(ა) (šušebs(a)) | შუშათ(ა) (šušat(a)) |
| genitive | შუშის(ა) (šušis(a)) | შუშების(ა) (šušebis(a)) | შუშათ(ა) (šušat(a)) |
| instrumental | შუშით(ა) (šušit(a)) | შუშებით(ა) (šušebit(a)) | |
| adverbial | შუშად(ა) (šušad(a)) | შუშებად(ა) (šušebad(a)) | |
| vocative | შუშავ (šušav) | შუშებო (šušebo) | შუშანო (šušano) |
| Notes: archaic plurals might not exist. | |||
Postpositional inflection of შუშა (see Georgian postpositions)
| postpositions taking a dative case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| -ზე (on - ) | შუშაზე (šušaze) | შუშებზე (šušebze) |
| -თან (near - ) | შუშასთან (šušastan) | შუშებთან (šušebtan) |
| -ში (in - ) | შუშაში (šušaši) | შუშებში (šušebši) |
| -ვით (like a - ) | შუშასავით (šušasavit) | შუშებივით (šušebivit) |
| postpositions taking a genitive case | singular | plural |
| -თვის (for - ) | შუშისთვის (šušistvis) | შუშებისთვის (šušebistvis) |
| -ებრ (like a - ) | შუშისებრ (šušisebr) | შუშებისებრ (šušebisebr) |
| -კენ (towards - ) | შუშისკენ (šušisḳen) | შუშებისკენ (šušebisḳen) |
| -გან (from/of - ) | შუშისგან (šušisgan) | შუშებისგან (šušebisgan) |
| postpositions taking an instrumental case | singular | plural |
| -დან (from / since - ) | შუშიდან (šušidan) | შუშებიდან (šušebidan) |
| -ურთ (together with - ) | შუშითურთ (šušiturt) | შუშებითურთ (šušebiturt) |
| postpositions taking an adverbial case | singular | plural |
| -მდე (up to - ) | შუშამდე (šušamde) | შუშებამდე (šušebamde) |
Descendants
- → Bats: შუშ (šuš)
Further reading
- Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “შუშა”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
Etymology 2
From Old Georgian, attested as და-შუშ-ებ-ა (da-šuš-eb-a, “to spoil, pamper”), ultimately from Proto-Georgian-Zan *šuš-. Cognate with Mingrelian შქიშქილა (škiškila, “young, tender”).[1][2]
Derived terms
- შუშა-შუშა (šuša-šuša, “tender”)
- შუშა კიტრი (šuša ḳiṭri)
References
- Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 311
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 536
Further reading
- Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “შუშა”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words] (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 253b
- Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “შუშა”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
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