რაჭა

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Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian რაჭა (rač̣a). Further origin:

  • According to Bedoshvili, from Svan რა̈ჭუ̈̂ (räč̣ü̂, “rabbit”).
  • According to folk etymology, a compound of რა (ra) +‎ ჭა (č̣a), referring to the terrain of the province.
  • According to Shanidze, from the given name რატი (raṭi), the name of the first duke of Duchy of Racha.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rat͡ʃʼa/,
  • Hyphenation: რა‧ჭა

Proper noun

რაჭა • (rač̣a)

  1. Racha (historical region of Georgia)

Inflection

Declension of რაჭა (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative რაჭა (rač̣a)
ergative რაჭამ (rač̣am)
dative რაჭას(ა) (rač̣as(a))
genitive რაჭის(ა) (rač̣is(a))
instrumental რაჭით(ა) (rač̣it(a))
adverbial რაჭად(ა) (rač̣ad(a))
vocative რაჭავ (rač̣av)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of რაჭა (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking a dative case singular plural
-ზე (-ze, “on”) რაჭაზე (rač̣aze)
-თან (-tan, “near”) რაჭასთან (rač̣astan)
-ში (-ši, “in”) რაჭაში (rač̣aši)
-ვით (-vit, “like”) რაჭასავით (rač̣asavit)
postpositions taking a genitive case singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, “for”) რაჭისთვის (rač̣istvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, “like”) რაჭისებრ (rač̣isebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, “towards”) რაჭისკენ (rač̣isḳen)
-გან (-gan, “from/of”) რაჭისგან (rač̣isgan)
postpositions taking an instrumental case singular plural
-დან (-dan, “from/since”) რაჭიდან (rač̣idan)
-ურთ (-urt, “together with”) რაჭითურთ (rač̣iturt)
postpositions taking an adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (-mde, “up to”) რაჭამდე (rač̣amde)

References

  • Bedošvili, Guram (2002) Kartul ṭoṗonimta ganmarṭebit-eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Dictionary of Georgian Geographical Names]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, →ISBN, page 326
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