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Georgian
Etymology
From Old Georgian ნათელი (nateli), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *nat-e- (“light”), from *nat- (“to shine, give light”). Cognate with Mingrelian ნოთე (note, “ray of light; torch”) and Laz ნოთე (note, “torch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /natʰeli/
- Hyphenation: ნა‧თე‧ლი
Adjective
| Case
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adjective
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| nominative, genitive, instrumental
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ნათელი (nateli)
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| ergative
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ნათელმა (natelma)
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| dative, adverbial
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ნათელ (natel)
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| vocative
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ნათელო (natelo)
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ნათელი • (nateli) (comparative უფრო ნათელი, superlative ყველაზე ნათელი)
- lighted, light
- (figuratively) obvious, blatant
- ნათელი მაგალითი ― nateli magaliti ― blatant example
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 313-314
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 136-137
Old Georgian
Etymology
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *nat-e- (“light”), from *nat- (“to shine, give light”), which is one of the largest terms by number of derivatives.
Adjective
ნათელი • (nateli)
- (figuratively) obvious, blatant
- clean
Noun
ნათელი • (nateli)
- light
- (beam of light) ray
- candle
Descendants
References
- Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 353
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 137
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 313