წრფელი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian წრფელი (c̣rpeli), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣rp-el- (“stretched, narrow”), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣rp- (“to stretch; to reach”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡sʼrpʰeli/, [t͡sʼɾpʰeli]
  • Hyphenation: წრფე‧ლი

Adjective
Adjectival declension of წრფელი
Case adjective
nominative, genitive, instrumental წრფელი (c̣rpeli)
ergative წრფელმა (c̣rpelma)
dative, adverbial წრფელ (c̣rpel)
vocative წრფელო (c̣rpelo)

წრფელი • (c̣rpeli) (comparative უფრო წრფელი, superlative უწრფელესი)

  1. outspoken, frank, honest

Derived terms

References
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “წრფელი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 550
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 315
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