ნიჭი

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Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian ნიჭი (nič̣i, gift, reward, present).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ნი‧ჭი

Noun

ნიჭი (nič̣i) (usually uncountable, plural ნიჭები)

  1. talent, gift
  2. (by extension) capability
  3. (archaic) gift, present, reward, bestowal

Inflection

Declension of ნიჭი (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative ნიჭი (nič̣i)
ergative ნიჭმა (nič̣ma)
dative ნიჭს(ა) (nič̣s(a))
genitive ნიჭის(ა) (nič̣is(a))
instrumental ნიჭით(ა) (nič̣it(a))
adverbial ნიჭად(ა) (nič̣ad(a))
vocative ნიჭო (nič̣o)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of ნიჭი (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking the dative case singular plural
-ზე (-ze, on) ნიჭზე (nič̣ze)
-თან (-tan, near) ნიჭთან (nič̣tan)
-ში (-ši, in) ნიჭში (nič̣ši)
-ვით (-vit, like) ნიჭივით (nič̣ivit)
postpositions taking the genitive case singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, for) ნიჭისთვის (nič̣istvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, like) ნიჭისებრ (nič̣isebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, towards) ნიჭისკენ (nič̣isḳen)
-გან (-gan, from/of) ნიჭისგან (nič̣isgan)
-ადმი (-admi, in relation to) ნიჭისადმი (nič̣isadmi)
postpositions taking the instrumental case singular plural
-დან (-dan, from/since) ნიჭიდან (nič̣idan)
-ურთ (-urt, together with) ნიჭითურთ (nič̣iturt)
postpositions taking the adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (-mde, up to) ნიჭამდე (nič̣amde)

Descendants

  • Bats: ნიჭ (nič̣)

References

  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2022) Der Erbwortschatz der nachischen Sprachen im Kaukasus [The inherited vocabulary of Nakh languages in the Caucasus] (in German), Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, page 8