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Etymology
From ი- (i-) + ნჯირ- (ncir-, “to sleep”) + -ს (-s), Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ʒ₁in- (“to sleep, fall asleep”), contamined with the related ნჯირი (nciri).
Verb
ინჯირს • (incirs) (Latin spelling incirs, verbal noun ონჯირუ)
- (dialectal, Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala) to lie down, to go to bed, to go to sleep, to lie
- Synonym: დიჯინენ (dicinen)
მჩხვაფა ტარონეფეზ გვერდი ტეტელი ინჯირნან- mçxvapa ťaronepez gverdi ťeťeli incirnan
- They lie half naked in hot weather
- (dialectal, Atina, Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala) to sleep, to go to sleep
ქოთუმეფექ სერი ოქოთუმალეზ ინჯირნან- kotumepek seri okotumalez incirnan
- Chickens sleep in the hen house at night
Usage notes
- In Central and Eastern dialects, one verb is used for the "to lie" and "to sleep", but in Western dialects, these two meanings expressed with two verb: დიჯინენ (dicinen, “to lie”) and ინჯირს (incirs, “to sleep”).
Further reading
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “incirs”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ონჯირუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi