მადლი

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Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian მადლი (madli); see there for more.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: მად‧ლი

Noun

მადლი • (madli) (uncountable)

  1. virtue, charity, goodness
  2. (dated, religious) grace, mercy
  3. god-given talent
  4. gratitude
    ფერი ფერს და მადლი ღმერთს ― peri pers da madli ɣmerts ― cut from the same cloth

Inflection

Declension of მადლი (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative მადლი (madli)
ergative მადლმა (madlma)
dative მადლს(ა) (madls(a))
genitive მადლის(ა) (madlis(a))
instrumental მადლით(ა) (madlit(a))
adverbial მადლად(ა) (madlad(a))
vocative მადლო (madlo)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of მადლი (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking the dative case singular plural
-ზე (-ze, “on”) მადლზე (madlze)
-თან (-tan, “near”) მადლთან (madltan)
-ში (-ši, “in”) მადლში (madlši)
-ვით (-vit, “like”) მადლივით (madlivit)
postpositions taking the genitive case singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, “for”) მადლისთვის (madlistvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, “like”) მადლისებრ (madlisebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, “towards”) მადლისკენ (madlisḳen)
-გან (-gan, “from/of”) მადლისგან (madlisgan)
-ადმი (-admi, “in relation to”) მადლისადმი (madlisadmi)
postpositions taking the instrumental case singular plural
-დან (-dan, “from/since”) მადლიდან (madlidan)
-ურთ (-urt, “together with”) მადლითურთ (madliturt)
postpositions taking the adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (-mde, “up to”) მადლამდე (madlamde)

Derived terms

Descendants

Old Georgian

Etymology

The origin is unknown. Gleye compares it to Lithuanian maldà (“prayer”) and Old Prussian maddla (“prayer”).[1]

Noun

მადლი • (madli)

  1. favor, gift
  2. grace, mercy

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Klimov, G. A. (1994) Древнейшие индоевропеизмы картвельских языков [The Oldest Indo-Europeanisms in Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nasledie, →ISBN, page 9, quoting Gleye

Further reading

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “მადლი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 212
  • Čubinov, David (1887) “მადლი”, in Грузинско-русский словарь [Georgian–Russian Dictionary]‎, Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, column 1298
  • Karst, Josef (1948) Mythologie arméno-caucasienne et hétito-asianique (in French), Strasbourg, Zurich: Editions P. H. Heitz, page 157, comparing with Old Armenian մատաղ (matał)
  • Klimov, G. A. (1994) Einführung in die kaukasische Sprachwissenschaft [Introduction to Caucasian Linguistics]‎ (in German), German adaptation by Jost Gippert, Hamburg: Buske Helmut, page 301
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