კაცი

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Etymology

From Old Georgian კაცი (ḳaci), from Proto-Kartvelian *ḳac₁-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʼat͡si/,
  • Hyphenation: კა‧ცი

Noun

კაცი (ḳaci) (plural კაცები, archaic plural კაცნი)

  1. man
  2. human
  3. (dated, colloquial) husband
  4. (obsolete) messenger, courier

Inflection

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Pronoun

კაცი (ḳaci)

  1. anyone

Synonyms

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *ḳac₁-.

Adverb

კაცი (ḳaci)

  1. nobody
    (Asomtavruli): ႩႠႺႫႠႬႺႠ ႬႳ ႳႼႷႨႱ, ႱႠႣႠ ႨႷႥႬႤႧ ႧႵႳႤႬ. (Mkhedruli):
    კაცმანცა ნუ უწყის, სადა იყვნეთ თქუენ.
    ḳacmanca nu uc̣q̇is, sada iq̇vnet tkuen.
    Nobody knows where you were.

Noun

კაცი (ḳaci) (plural კაცნი)

  1. man
  2. human
  3. husband
  4. used as a unit of measurement (implying the height of an average man).

Antonyms

Descendants

  • Georgian: კაცი (ḳaci)

References

  • Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 265
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 86
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 224
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “კაცი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 193
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “კაცი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎, Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 163