ოფშა

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Laz

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Etymology

By surface analysis, ო- (o-) +‎ ფშ- (pş-) +‎ -ა (-a). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *(s)a-ws₁-e- (full, complete). Cognate with Georgian სავსე (savse) and Mingrelian ოფშა (opša).

Adjective

ოფშა (opşa) (Latin spelling opşa)

  1. (Atina, Artasheni) bountiful, rich
    Synonyms: ზადე (zade), დიდო (dido)
    ლაზებური ოშკომალეფეს ოფშა ლილვე იხმარენ. ვორსი იჲენ.
    lazeburi oşǩomalepes opşa lilve ixmaren. vorsi iyen.
    Laz dishes use lots of vegetables. It's good.
  2. (Vizha, Artasheni, VitseArkabi, Khopa, Chkhala) full
    კალათი ლაზუტითე თი შაქიზ ოფშა რენ
    ǩalati lazuťite ti şakiz opşa ren
    The basket is filled to the top with corn

Adverb

ოფშა (opşa) (Latin spelling opşa)

  1. (Atina, Artasheni) much, many, very
    Synonyms: ბირდენ (birden), ზადე (zade), დიდო (dido), მბოლი (mboli)
    ოხორძაშკიმი დიზაბუნუ დო ოფშა მოშკურინუ
    oxorżaşǩimi dizabunu do opşa moşǩurinu
    My wife got sick and it scared me a lot

Further reading

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