იფქლი

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Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian იფქლი (ipkli), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *i-pk-l-, possibly from Proto-Kartvelian *pek-, *pk- (to grind) (whence also Georgian ფქვა (pkva) and Svan ფექ (pek)). Cognate with Mingrelian ირქი (irki).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: იფ‧ქლი

Noun

იფქლი (ipkli) (uncountable)

  1. A type of wheat

Inflection

Declension of იფქლი (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative იფქლი (ipkli)
ergative იფქლმა (ipklma)
dative იფქლს(ა) (ipkls(a))
genitive იფქლის(ა) (ipklis(a))
instrumental იფქლით(ა) (ipklit(a))
adverbial იფქლად(ა) (ipklad(a))
vocative იფქლო (ipklo)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of იფქლი (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking the dative case singular plural
-ზე (-ze, on) იფქლზე (ipklze)
-თან (-tan, near) იფქლთან (ipkltan)
-ში (-ši, in) იფქლში (ipklši)
-ვით (-vit, like) იფქლივით (ipklivit)
postpositions taking the genitive case singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, for) იფქლისთვის (ipklistvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, like) იფქლისებრ (ipklisebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, towards) იფქლისკენ (ipklisḳen)
-გან (-gan, from/of) იფქლისგან (ipklisgan)
-ადმი (-admi, in relation to) იფქლისადმი (ipklisadmi)
postpositions taking the instrumental case singular plural
-დან (-dan, from/since) იფქლიდან (ipklidan)
-ურთ (-urt, together with) იფქლითურთ (ipkliturt)
postpositions taking the adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (-mde, up to) იფქლამდე (ipklamde)

Derived terms

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *i-pk-l-, possibly from Proto-Kartvelian *pek-, *pk- (to grind).

Noun

იფქლი (ipkli)

  1. wheat
    • 5th century and later, Bible, Luke 22.31:
      ეშმაკმან გამოგითხოვნა თქუენ აღცრად, ვითარცა იფქლი
      ešmaḳman gamogitxovna tkuen aɣcrad, vitarca ipkli
      Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat
  2. fruit (the seed-bearing part of a plant)

Descendants

  • Georgian: იფქლი (ipkli)

References

  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 83
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 216
  • Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 258
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “იფქლი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 189