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Georgian
Etymology
Akin to Old Armenian գաւակ (gawak).
Pronunciation
Noun
გავა • (gava) (plural გავები)
- breech, croup, crupper
Declension
| Postpositional inflection of გავა (see Georgian postpositions)
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| postpositions taking a dative case
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singular
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plural
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| -ზე (-ze, “on”)
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გავაზე (gavaze)
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გავებზე (gavebze)
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| -თან (-tan, “near”)
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გავასთან (gavastan)
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გავებთან (gavebtan)
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| -ში (-ši, “in”)
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გავაში (gavaši)
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გავებში (gavebši)
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| -ვით (-vit, “like”)
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გავასავით (gavasavit)
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გავებივით (gavebivit)
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| postpositions taking a genitive case
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singular
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plural
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| -თვის (-tvis, “for”)
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გავისთვის (gavistvis)
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გავებისთვის (gavebistvis)
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| -ებრ (-ebr, “like”)
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გავისებრ (gavisebr)
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გავებისებრ (gavebisebr)
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| -კენ (-ḳen, “towards”)
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გავისკენ (gavisḳen)
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გავებისკენ (gavebisḳen)
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| -გან (-gan, “from/of”)
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გავისგან (gavisgan)
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გავებისგან (gavebisgan)
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| postpositions taking an instrumental case
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singular
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plural
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| -დან (-dan, “from/since”)
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გავიდან (gavidan)
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გავებიდან (gavebidan)
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| -ურთ (-urt, “together with”)
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გავითურთ (gaviturt)
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გავებითურთ (gavebiturt)
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| postpositions taking an adverbial case
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singular
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plural
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| -მდე (-mde, “up to”)
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გავამდე (gavamde)
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გავებამდე (gavebamde)
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References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գաւակ”, 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 527
- Mirianischvili, Pierre (1910) “Sur le rapport mutuel entre le géorgien et l'arménien”, in Revue de Linguistique et de Philologie comparée (in French), volume 43, Paris, page 247 of 233–270