კაჲი

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Etymology

Borrowed from Georgian კარგი (ḳargi), from Old Armenian կարգ (karg).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʼɑ(j)i/
  • Hyphenation: კა‧ჲი

Adjective

კაჲი (ǩayi) (Latin spelling ǩayi) (VitseArkabi, KhopaBatumi, Chkhala)

  1. decent, good, well, fine
    Synonyms: ვროსი (vrosi), ხილი (xili)
    1. of good quality, quality, of high quality
      ჶუნდაქ პატი ჩაჲის კაჲი ჩაჲი ეშობღამს დო ექისფერის მოღერდინამს
      fundak p̌aťi çayis ǩayi çayi eşobğams do ekisperis moğerdinams
      Funda pours good tea leaves on bad tea leaves and tricks the expert
    2. pretty, lovely, pleasant, nice, beautiful
      წინეჲი ტაონეფე კაჲი ჲენ
      ǯineyi ťaonepe ǩayi yen
      The weather this year is good
    3. healthy, well
      კაი ბორე
      ǩai bore
      I am fine

Derived terms

Adverb

კაჲი (ǩayi) (Latin spelling ǩayi) (VitseArkabi, KhopaBatumi, Chkhala)

  1. nicely, well
    Synonyms: ვროსი (vrosi), ხილი (xili)
    მურადიქ ნავუ ბაგენიზ “იხი მოთამულუტაზ” ჲა დო კაი დოთრაგუ
    muradik navu bageniz “ixi motamuluťaz” ya do ǩai dotragu
    Murad closed the chalet he built well so that the wind wouldn't come in

Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “kʼayi”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “კაი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi