ნიში

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Georgian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ნი‧ში

Noun

ნიში • (niši) (plural ნიშები)

  1. alcove, bay, oriel

Inflection

Declension of ნიში (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative ნიში (niši) ნიშები (nišebi) ნიშნი (nišni)
ergative ნიშმა (nišma) ნიშებმა (nišebma) ნიშთ(ა) (ništ(a))
dative ნიშს(ა) (nišs(a)) ნიშებს(ა) (nišebs(a)) ნიშთ(ა) (ništ(a))
genitive ნიშის(ა) (nišis(a)) ნიშების(ა) (nišebis(a)) ნიშთ(ა) (ništ(a))
instrumental ნიშით(ა) (nišit(a)) ნიშებით(ა) (nišebit(a))
adverbial ნიშად(ა) (nišad(a)) ნიშებად(ა) (nišebad(a))
vocative ნიშო (nišo) ნიშებო (nišebo) ნიშნო (nišno)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of ნიში (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking the dative case singular plural
-ზე (-ze, “on”) ნიშზე (nišze) ნიშებზე (nišebze)
-თან (-tan, “near”) ნიშთან (ništan) ნიშებთან (nišebtan)
-ში (-ši, “in”) ნიშში (nišši) ნიშებში (nišebši)
-ვით (-vit, “like”) ნიშივით (nišivit) ნიშებივით (nišebivit)
postpositions taking the genitive case singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, “for”) ნიშისთვის (nišistvis) ნიშებისთვის (nišebistvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, “like”) ნიშისებრ (nišisebr) ნიშებისებრ (nišebisebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, “towards”) ნიშისკენ (nišisḳen) ნიშებისკენ (nišebisḳen)
-გან (-gan, “from/of”) ნიშისგან (nišisgan) ნიშებისგან (nišebisgan)
-ადმი (-admi, “in relation to”) ნიშისადმი (nišisadmi) ნიშებისადმი (nišebisadmi)
postpositions taking the instrumental case singular plural
-დან (-dan, “from/since”) ნიშიდან (nišidan) ნიშებიდან (nišebidan)
-ურთ (-urt, “together with”) ნიშითურთ (nišiturt) ნიშებითურთ (nišebiturt)
postpositions taking the adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (-mde, “up to”) ნიშამდე (nišamde) ნიშებამდე (nišebamde)

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Laz ნუში (nuşi), Middle Georgian ნუშა (nuša, “small boat”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ნიში • (niši) (plural ნიშეფი)

  1. boat
    Synonym: ფილუკა (piluḳa)

Descendants

  • → Abkhaz: а-ны́шь (a-nə́š)[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Ч͑арая, П. (1912) Об отношении абхазского языка к яфетическим [On the relation of Abkhaz with Japhetic languages] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 4)‎ (in Russian), edited and supplemented by N. Marr, Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 13
  2. ^ Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 147

Further reading

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ნიში”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1049
  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 822
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ნიში”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
  • Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ნჷში”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
  • Chirikba, Viacheslav V. (2006) “Abkhaz Loans in Megrelian”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎, volume 10, number 1, page 45–46 of 25–76, follows Dzidzarija and considers Mingrelian to be borrowed from Abkhaz only due to the presence of ჷ (ə) in Mingrelian form

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian. See Persian نشان (nešân) for more.

Noun

ნიში • (niši)

  1. sign; omen; miracle

References

  • Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ნიში”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 917a
  • Čubinašvili, Niḳo (1812–1825) “ნიში”, in Kartuli leksiḳoni rusulis targamaniturt [Georgian Explanatory Dictionary with Russian Commentaries]‎, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences
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