ნისლი

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Georgian

ნისლი

Etymology

From Old Georgian ნისლი (nisli), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *nisl-. Cognate with Mingrelian ნირსი (nirsi), ნჷრსი (nərsi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nisli/
  • Hyphenation: ნის‧ლი

Noun

ნისლი • (nisli) (uncountable)

  1. fog, mist

Inflection

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Declension of ნისლი (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative ნისლი (nisli)
ergative ნისლმა (nislma)
dative ნისლს(ა) (nisls(a))
genitive ნისლის(ა) (nislis(a))
instrumental ნისლით(ა) (nislit(a))
adverbial ნისლად(ა) (nislad(a))
vocative ნისლო (nislo)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of ნისლი (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking a dative case singular plural
-ზე (on - ) ნისლზე (nislze)
-თან (near - ) ნისლთან (nisltan)
-ში (in - ) ნისლში (nislši)
-ვით (like a - ) ნისლივით (nislivit)
postpositions taking a genitive case singular plural
-თვის (for - ) ნისლისთვის (nislistvis)
-ებრ (like a - ) ნისლისებრ (nislisebr)
-კენ (towards - ) ნისლისკენ (nislisḳen)
-გან (from/of - ) ნისლისგან (nislisgan)
postpositions taking an instrumental case singular plural
-დან (from / since - ) ნისლიდან (nislidan)
-ურთ (together with - ) ნისლითურთ (nisliturt)
postpositions taking an adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (up to - ) ნისლამდე (nislamde)

Derived terms

See also

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *nisl-.

Noun

ნისლი • (nisli)

  1. fog, mist

Descendants

Georgian: ნისლი (nisli)

References

  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 143
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 321
  • 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 360
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ნისლი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 329
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