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Georgian
Etymology
According to Ačaṙean who follows Čubinov, possibly borrowed from an Iranian word in the family of Persian سفید (safid, “white”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
სუფთა • (supta) (comparative უფრო სუფთა, superlative ყველაზე სუფთა)
- blank, pristine, clean, pure, spotless, stainless, unadulterated, unalloyed
Declension
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adjective
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| nominative, genitive, instrumental
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სუფთა (supta)
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| ergative
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სუფთა (supta)
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| dative, adverbial
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სუფთა (supta)
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| vocative
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სუფთა (supta)
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սպիտակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 265a
- Čubinov, David (1840) “სუფთა”, in Грузинско-русско-французский словарь [Georgian–Russian–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 471a
- Čubinov, David (1887) “სუფთა”, in Грузинско-русский словарь [Georgian–Russian Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, column 1202
Further reading
- Giorgaʒe, Grigol (1999) “О характере некоторых индоевропейско–грузинских (картвельских) языковых параллелей [On the nature of some Indo-European – Georgian (Kartvelian) language parallels]”, in Xetologiuri da kartvelologiuri ʒiebani [Hittitological and kartwelological researches], Tbilisi: Logosi, page 163, connects with Hittite 𒋗𒌒𒁉𒅖 (šu-up-pí-iš /šuppi-/, “purified, sacred”)