ვაი

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Georgian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Georgian ვაჲ (vay). Akin to Mingrelian ვოი (voi), Laz ვოი (voi), Svan უ̂ა̈ჲ (ûäy). Probably natural exclamation. Compare also Persian وای (vây), Proto-Indo-European *wáy.

The adverbial usage is a semantic loan from Russian го́ре (góre).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ვაი

Interjection

ვაი • (vai)

  1. Expresses pain
  2. Expresses sorrow, regret, compassion or grief
  3. Expression uttered when one realizes that something bad happened
  4. Expresses threat
  5. Expresses fear
  6. Expresses surprise

Noun

ვაი • (vai) (plural ვაები)

  1. misadventure

Adverb

ვაი • (vai)

  1. placed before a word to express one's view that something or someone is not worthy of being called as such; so-called, poor excuse for
    ვაი-კრიტიკოსი ― vai-ḳriṭiḳosi ― criticaster

Derived terms

References

  • Čuxua, Merab (2009) “Damaṭebiti masalebi saertokartveluri puʒe-enis leksiḳuri pondisatvis [The Additional Materials for the Commonkartvelian Proto-language Lexical Fund]”, in Kartvelur enata sṭrukṭuris saḳitxebi (in Georgian), number 10, Tbilisi: Universali, page 248 of 227–250, reconstructs Proto-Kartvelian

Further reading

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ვაჲ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 153b
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