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Georgian
Etymology
From Old Georgian ბევრი (bevri).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bevri/,
- Hyphenation: ბევ‧რი
Adjective
| Case
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adjective
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| nominative, genitive, instrumental
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ბევრი (bevri)
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| ergative
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ბევრმა (bevrma)
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| dative, adverbial
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ბევრ (bevr)
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| vocative
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ბევრო (bevro)
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ბევრი • (bevri) (comparative უფრო ბევრი, superlative ყველაზე ბევრი)
- many, much
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Derived terms
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Old Georgian
Etymology
According to Ačaṙyan, from Old Armenian բեւր (bewr). But according to Abaev, a borrowing from Alanic should not be excluded (note Digor Ossetian беурӕ (bewræ)). In any case, ultimately from Iranian; see Proto-Iranian *baywā́.
Adjective
ბევრი • (bevri)
- many, much
Numeral
ბევრი • (bevri)
- ten thousand
See also
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բիւր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 453ab
- Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 262
- Čubinov, David (1887) “ბევრი”, in Грузинско-русский словарь [Georgian–Russian Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, column 103a
- Čubinašvili, Niḳo (1812–1825) “ბევრი”, in Kartuli leksiḳoni rusulis targamaniturt [Georgian Explanatory Dictionary with Russian Commentaries], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences
- Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “ბევრი”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary, London: Garnett Press