ტყავი

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Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian ტყავი (ṭq̇avi), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ṭq̇aw-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ტყა‧ვი

Noun

ტყავი (ṭq̇avi) (uncountable)

  1. leather
  2. skin

Inflection

Declension of ტყავი (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative ტყავი (ṭq̇avi)
ergative ტყავმა (ṭq̇avma)
dative ტყავს(ა) (ṭq̇avs(a))
genitive ტყავის(ა) (ṭq̇avis(a))
instrumental ტყავით(ა) (ṭq̇avit(a))
adverbial ტყავად(ა) (ṭq̇avad(a))
vocative ტყავო (ṭq̇avo)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of ტყავი (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking the dative case singular plural
-ზე (-ze, on) ტყავზე (ṭq̇avze)
-თან (-tan, near) ტყავთან (ṭq̇avtan)
-ში (-ši, in) ტყავში (ṭq̇avši)
-ვით (-vit, like) ტყავივით (ṭq̇avivit)
postpositions taking the genitive case singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, for) ტყავისთვის (ṭq̇avistvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, like) ტყავისებრ (ṭq̇avisebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, towards) ტყავისკენ (ṭq̇avisḳen)
-გან (-gan, from/of) ტყავისგან (ṭq̇avisgan)
-ადმი (-admi, in relation to) ტყავისადმი (ṭq̇avisadmi)
postpositions taking the instrumental case singular plural
-დან (-dan, from/since) ტყავიდან (ṭq̇avidan)
-ურთ (-urt, together with) ტყავითურთ (ṭq̇aviturt)
postpositions taking the adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (-mde, up to) ტყავამდე (ṭq̇avamde)

Derived terms

See also

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ṭq̇aw-.

Noun

ტყავი (ṭq̇avi)

  1. leather
  2. skin

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Georgian: ტყავი (ṭq̇avi)

References

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ტყავი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 414
  • Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ტყავი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1142b