ალაო

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Georgian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Mirianischvili connects with Armenian ալուր (alur), a dialectal form of ալյուր (alyur, flour).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ალაო

Noun

ალაო (alao) (uncountable)

  1. malt
    ალაო ფქვილიalao pkvilimalted grain flour

Inflection

Declension of ალაო (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative ალაო (alao)
ergative ალაომ (alaom)
dative ალაოს(ა) (alaos(a))
genitive ალაოს(ა) (alaos(a))
instrumental ალაოთ(ა) (alaot(a))
adverbial ალაოდ(ა) (alaod(a))
vocative ალაოვ (alaov)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of ალაო (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking the dative case singular plural
-ზე (-ze, on) ალაოზე (alaoze)
-თან (-tan, near) ალაოსთან (alaostan)
-ში (-ši, in) ალაოში (alaoši)
-ვით (-vit, like) ალაოსავით (alaosavit)
postpositions taking the genitive case singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, for) ალაოსთვის (alaostvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, like) ალაოსებრ (alaosebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, towards) ალაოსკენ (alaosḳen)
-გან (-gan, from/of) ალაოსგან (alaosgan)
-ადმი (-admi, in relation to) ალაოსადმი (alaosadmi)
postpositions taking the instrumental case singular plural
-დან (-dan, from/since) ალაოდან (alaodan)
-ურთ (-urt, together with) ალაოთურთ (alaoturt)
postpositions taking the adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (-mde, up to) ალაომდე (alaomde)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Bats: ალავ (alav)

See also

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