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Georgian
Etymology
According to Bläsing from Persian لق (laq), لغ (lağ, “an addle egg”), whence also Armenian լակ (lak).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
ლაყე • (laq̇e) (comparative უფრო ლაყე, superlative ყველაზე ლაყე)
- (of an egg) addle
Inflection
| Case
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adjective
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| nominative, genitive, instrumental
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ლაყე (laq̇e)
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| ergative
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ლაყე (laq̇e)
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| dative, adverbial
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ლაყე (laq̇e)
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| vocative
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ლაყე (laq̇e)
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Derived terms
References
- ^ Bläsing, Uwe (2008) “Georgian laq̇e, an 'addle egg' in Kartvelian: Review of a Georgian Etymology”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 12, number 1, pages 45–55
Further reading
- Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ლაყე”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 107, together with Laz ლოყა (loqa, “sweet”) derives Proto-Georgian-Zan *laq̣e-