ნჯირი

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Laz

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ʒ₁il- (“dream, sleep”). Cognate with Georgian ძილი (ʒili, “sleep”) and Mingrelian ჯირა (ǯira, “sleeping”).

Noun

ნჯირი • (nciri) (Latin spelling nciri)

  1. sleep
    ნჯირი ქემაჯინუ
    nciri kemacinu
    I'm sleepy
    (literally, “Sleep has stepped on me”)

Inflection

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Declension of ნჯირი (nciri) (see Laz declension)
singular plural
absolutive ნჯირი (nciri) ნჯირეფე (ncirepe)
ergative ნჯირიქ (ncirik) ნჯირეფექ (ncirepek)
dative ნჯირის (nciris) ნჯირეფეს (ncirepes)
genitive ნჯირიშ(ი) (nciriş(i)) ნჯირეფეშ(ი) (ncirepeş(i))
directive ნჯირიშე (ncirişe) ნჯირეფეშე (ncirepeşe)
ablative ნჯირიშენ (ncirişen) ნჯირეფეშენ (ncirepeşen)
locative ნჯირის (nciris) ნჯირეფეს (ncirepes)
instrumental ნჯირითენ (nciriten) ნჯირეფეთენ (ncirepeten)
Notes: dialects may differ on declension.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “nciri”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎ (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ნჯირი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
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