იყი

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Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian იყი (iq̇i, fermented drink).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: იყი

Noun

იყი (iq̇i) (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) vodka, fermented drink

Inflection

Declension of იყი (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative იყი (iq̇i)
ergative იყმა (iq̇ma)
dative იყს(ა) (iq̇s(a))
genitive იყის(ა) (iq̇is(a))
instrumental იყით(ა) (iq̇it(a))
adverbial იყად(ა) (iq̇ad(a))
vocative იყო (iq̇o)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of იყი (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking the dative case singular plural
-ზე (-ze, on) იყზე (iq̇ze)
-თან (-tan, near) იყთან (iq̇tan)
-ში (-ši, in) იყში (iq̇ši)
-ვით (-vit, like) იყივით (iq̇ivit)
postpositions taking the genitive case singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, for) იყისთვის (iq̇istvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, like) იყისებრ (iq̇isebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, towards) იყისკენ (iq̇isḳen)
-გან (-gan, from/of) იყისგან (iq̇isgan)
-ადმი (-admi, in relation to) იყისადმი (iq̇isadmi)
postpositions taking the instrumental case singular plural
-დან (-dan, from/since) იყიდან (iq̇idan)
-ურთ (-urt, together with) იყითურთ (iq̇iturt)
postpositions taking the adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (-mde, up to) იყამდე (iq̇amde)

References

  • Čubinašvili, Niḳo (1812–1825) “იყი”, in Kartuli leksiḳoni rusulis targamaniturt [Georgian Explanatory Dictionary with Russian Commentaries]‎, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences