ნამუსი

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Georgian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ناموس (namus), itself derived via Arabic نَامُوس (namus) and from Classical Syriac ܢܳܡܘܿܣܳܐ (nāmōsā). Ultimately from a corrupted sense of Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ნა‧მუ‧სი

Noun

ნამუსი (namusi) (uncountable)

  1. conscience
    Synonym: სინდისი (sindisi)

Inflection

Declension of ნამუსი (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative ნამუსი (namusi)
ergative ნამუსმა (namusma)
dative ნამუსს(ა) (namuss(a))
genitive ნამუსის(ა) (namusis(a))
instrumental ნამუსით(ა) (namusit(a))
adverbial ნამუსად(ა) (namusad(a))
vocative ნამუსო (namuso)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of ნამუსი (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking a dative case singular plural
-ზე (-ze, on) ნამუსზე (namusze)
-თან (-tan, near) ნამუსთან (namustan)
-ში (-ši, in) ნამუსში (namusši)
-ვით (-vit, like) ნამუსივით (namusivit)
postpositions taking a genitive case singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, for) ნამუსისთვის (namusistvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, like) ნამუსისებრ (namusisebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, towards) ნამუსისკენ (namusisḳen)
-გან (-gan, from/of) ნამუსისგან (namusisgan)
postpositions taking an instrumental case singular plural
-დან (-dan, from/since) ნამუსიდან (namusidan)
-ურთ (-urt, together with) ნამუსითურთ (namusiturt)
postpositions taking an adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (-mde, up to) ნამუსამდე (namusamde)

Derived terms

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