კოპი

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Georgian

Etymology

Čubinov compares with Old Armenian կոպ (kop, “eyelid”), which, unbeknownst to him, would parallel the equation of otherwise obscure Mishnaic Hebrew רֽיס (rīs, “eyelid; eyelash; a race-course or stadium; the measure called stadion”) with Old Armenian երէզ (erēz, “band, bandage”) and Old Georgian რეზი (rezi, “body bandage”) and Old Armenian ասպարէզ (asparēz, “racecourse, stadium; stadion”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʼopʼi/
  • Hyphenation: კო‧პი

Noun

კოპი • (ḳoṗi) (plural კოპები)

  1. bump/lump (from blow on head)
  2. woman’s satin-embroidered cotton headband holding veil
  3. rawhide thong
  4. (dialectal) ox-cart hub

Inflection

Declension of კოპი (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative კოპი (ḳoṗi) კოპები (ḳoṗebi) კოპნი (ḳoṗni)
ergative კოპმა (ḳoṗma) კოპებმა (ḳoṗebma) კოპთ(ა) (ḳoṗt(a))
dative კოპს(ა) (ḳoṗs(a)) კოპებს(ა) (ḳoṗebs(a)) კოპთ(ა) (ḳoṗt(a))
genitive კოპის(ა) (ḳoṗis(a)) კოპების(ა) (ḳoṗebis(a)) კოპთ(ა) (ḳoṗt(a))
instrumental კოპით(ა) (ḳoṗit(a)) კოპებით(ა) (ḳoṗebit(a))
adverbial კოპად(ა) (ḳoṗad(a)) კოპებად(ა) (ḳoṗebad(a))
vocative კოპო (ḳoṗo) კოპებო (ḳoṗebo) კოპნო (ḳoṗno)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of კოპი (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking a dative case singular plural
-ზე (-ze, “on”) კოპზე (ḳoṗze) კოპებზე (ḳoṗebze)
-თან (-tan, “near”) კოპთან (ḳoṗtan) კოპებთან (ḳoṗebtan)
-ში (-ši, “in”) კოპში (ḳoṗši) კოპებში (ḳoṗebši)
-ვით (-vit, “like”) კოპივით (ḳoṗivit) კოპებივით (ḳoṗebivit)
postpositions taking a genitive case singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, “for”) კოპისთვის (ḳoṗistvis) კოპებისთვის (ḳoṗebistvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, “like”) კოპისებრ (ḳoṗisebr) კოპებისებრ (ḳoṗebisebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, “towards”) კოპისკენ (ḳoṗisḳen) კოპებისკენ (ḳoṗebisḳen)
-გან (-gan, “from/of”) კოპისგან (ḳoṗisgan) კოპებისგან (ḳoṗebisgan)
postpositions taking an instrumental case singular plural
-დან (-dan, “from/since”) კოპიდან (ḳoṗidan) კოპებიდან (ḳoṗebidan)
-ურთ (-urt, “together with”) კოპითურთ (ḳoṗiturt) კოპებითურთ (ḳoṗebiturt)
postpositions taking an adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (-mde, “up to”) კოპამდე (ḳoṗamde) კოპებამდე (ḳoṗebamde)

See also

References

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “კოპი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Čubinov, David (1840) “კოპი”, in Грузинско-русско-французский словарь [Georgian–Russian–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 250a
  • Čubinov, David (1887) “კოპი”, in Грузинско-русский словарь [Georgian–Russian Dictionary]‎, Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, column 624
  • Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “კოპი”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary, London: Garnett Press
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