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Georgian
Etymology
By umlauting the earlier form *კოფ- (*ḳop-), ultimately from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ḳop-.
Pronunciation
Noun
კეფა • (ḳepa) (plural კეფები)
- occiput (back of the head)
- nape (of the neck)
Inflection
Postpositional inflection of კეფა (see Georgian postpositions)
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postpositions taking a dative case
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singular
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plural
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-ზე (-ze, “on”)
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კეფაზე (ḳepaze)
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კეფებზე (ḳepebze)
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-თან (-tan, “near”)
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კეფასთან (ḳepastan)
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კეფებთან (ḳepebtan)
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-ში (-ši, “in”)
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კეფაში (ḳepaši)
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კეფებში (ḳepebši)
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-ვით (-vit, “like”)
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კეფასავით (ḳepasavit)
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კეფებივით (ḳepebivit)
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postpositions taking a genitive case
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singular
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plural
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-თვის (-tvis, “for”)
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კეფისთვის (ḳepistvis)
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კეფებისთვის (ḳepebistvis)
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-ებრ (-ebr, “like”)
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კეფისებრ (ḳepisebr)
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კეფებისებრ (ḳepebisebr)
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-კენ (-ḳen, “towards”)
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კეფისკენ (ḳepisḳen)
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კეფებისკენ (ḳepebisḳen)
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-გან (-gan, “from/of”)
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კეფისგან (ḳepisgan)
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კეფებისგან (ḳepebisgan)
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postpositions taking an instrumental case
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singular
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plural
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-დან (-dan, “from/since”)
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კეფიდან (ḳepidan)
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კეფებიდან (ḳepebidan)
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-ურთ (-urt, “together with”)
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კეფითურთ (ḳepiturt)
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კეფებითურთ (ḳepebiturt)
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postpositions taking an adverbial case
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singular
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plural
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-მდე (-mde, “up to”)
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კეფამდე (ḳepamde)
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კეფებამდე (ḳepebamde)
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Further reading
- Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “კეფა”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press