Ačaṙyan derives from Old Armenian նեխ (nex, “rottenness; rotten”),[1] but according to Vogt the borrowing is in the opposite direction.[2]
Possibly a Proto-Georgian-Zan *nexw- is reconstructible, with Old Georgian სა-ნეხუ-ე-ჲ (sa-nexu-e-y, “garbage, garbage heap”), Mingrelian სა-ნახვ-ერ-ო (sa-naxv-er-o, “dung heap”) as cognates.[3]
Note also Chechen нех (nex), Ingush нувх (nuvx, “garbage”).
ნეხვი • (nexvi) (uncountable)
| Declension of ნეხვი (see Georgian declension) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | archaic plural | |
| nominative | ნეხვი (nexvi) | ||
| ergative | ნეხვმა (nexvma) | ||
| dative | ნეხვს(ა) (nexvs(a)) | ||
| genitive | ნეხვის(ა) (nexvis(a)) | ||
| instrumental | ნეხვით(ა) (nexvit(a)) | ||
| adverbial | ნეხვად(ა) (nexvad(a)) | ||
| vocative | ნეხვო (nexvo) | ||
| Notes: archaic plurals might not exist. | |||
| Postpositional inflection of ნეხვი (see Georgian postpositions) | ||
|---|---|---|
| postpositions taking the dative case | singular | plural |
| -ზე (-ze, “on”) | ნეხვზე (nexvze) | |
| -თან (-tan, “near”) | ნეხვთან (nexvtan) | |
| -ში (-ši, “in”) | ნეხვში (nexvši) | |
| -ვით (-vit, “like”) | ნეხვივით (nexvivit) | |
| postpositions taking the genitive case | singular | plural |
| -თვის (-tvis, “for”) | ნეხვისთვის (nexvistvis) | |
| -ებრ (-ebr, “like”) | ნეხვისებრ (nexvisebr) | |
| -კენ (-ḳen, “towards”) | ნეხვისკენ (nexvisḳen) | |
| -გან (-gan, “from/of”) | ნეხვისგან (nexvisgan) | |
| -ადმი (-admi, “in relation to”) | ნეხვისადმი (nexvisadmi) | |
| postpositions taking the instrumental case | singular | plural |
| -დან (-dan, “from/since”) | ნეხვიდან (nexvidan) | |
| -ურთ (-urt, “together with”) | ნეხვითურთ (nexviturt) | |
| postpositions taking the adverbial case | singular | plural |
| -მდე (-mde, “up to”) | ნეხვამდე (nexvamde) | |