რქა
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Georgian
Etymology
From Old Georgian რქაჲ (rkay). Akin to Laz ქრა (kra), Mingrelian რქა (rka).
Pronunciation
Noun
Inflection
| Declension of რქა (see Georgian declension) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | archaic plural | |
| nominative | რქა (rka) | რქები (rkebi) | რქანი (rkani) |
| ergative | რქამ (rkam) | რქებმა (rkebma) | რქათ(ა) (rkat(a)) |
| dative | რქას(ა) (rkas(a)) | რქებს(ა) (rkebs(a)) | რქათ(ა) (rkat(a)) |
| genitive | რქის(ა) (rkis(a)) | რქების(ა) (rkebis(a)) | რქათ(ა) (rkat(a)) |
| instrumental | რქით(ა) (rkit(a)) | რქებით(ა) (rkebit(a)) | |
| adverbial | რქად(ა) (rkad(a)) | რქებად(ა) (rkebad(a)) | |
| vocative | რქავ (rkav) | რქებო (rkebo) | რქანო (rkano) |
| Notes: archaic plurals might not exist. | |||
| Postpositional inflection of რქა (see Georgian postpositions) | ||
|---|---|---|
| postpositions taking a dative case | singular | plural |
| -ზე (-ze, “on”) | რქაზე (rkaze) | რქებზე (rkebze) |
| -თან (-tan, “near”) | რქასთან (rkastan) | რქებთან (rkebtan) |
| -ში (-ši, “in”) | რქაში (rkaši) | რქებში (rkebši) |
| -ვით (-vit, “like”) | რქასავით (rkasavit) | რქებივით (rkebivit) |
| postpositions taking a genitive case | singular | plural |
| -თვის (-tvis, “for”) | რქისთვის (rkistvis) | რქებისთვის (rkebistvis) |
| -ებრ (-ebr, “like”) | რქისებრ (rkisebr) | რქებისებრ (rkebisebr) |
| -კენ (-ḳen, “towards”) | რქისკენ (rkisḳen) | რქებისკენ (rkebisḳen) |
| -გან (-gan, “from/of”) | რქისგან (rkisgan) | რქებისგან (rkebisgan) |
| postpositions taking an instrumental case | singular | plural |
| -დან (-dan, “from/since”) | რქიდან (rkidan) | რქებიდან (rkebidan) |
| -ურთ (-urt, “together with”) | რქითურთ (rkiturt) | რქებითურთ (rkebiturt) |
| postpositions taking an adverbial case | singular | plural |
| -მდე (-mde, “up to”) | რქამდე (rkamde) | რქებამდე (rkebamde) |
Derived terms
- რქებს გამოაბამს (rkebs gamoabams)
Further reading
- Gamkrelidze, Th. V., Ivanov, V. V. (1995) Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans. A Reconstruction and Historical Analysis of a Proto-Language and Proto-Culture. Part I: The Text (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 80), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 776, compares to Proto-Balto-Slavic *rágas