უ̂იჯ

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Svan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from *ჯიუ̂ ← *გიუ̂ ← *გილ (*ǯiû ← *giû ← *gil), from Proto-Kartvelian *gwel-.[1][2]

Noun

უ̂იჯ • (ûiǯ) (plural უჯა̈რ or უჯარ)

  1. (dialectal) snake
    Synonym: ჰერწა̈მ (herc̣äm)
  2. (dialectal) grass snake (Natrix natrix)
    Synonym: შიხუ̄ლ (šixūl)

References

  1. ^ Klimov, G. A. (1964) Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, pages 61–62
  2. ^ Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 29

Further reading

  • Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001) “ვიჯ”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 98a
  • Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “ვიჯ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 103b
  • Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012) “გველი”, in Gruzino-svansko-russkij slovarʹ. Verxnebalskij dialekt [Georgian–Svan–Russian Dictionary: Upper Bal Dialect], 2nd edition, prepared for publication and prefaced by Lela Nižaradze, Tbilisi: Universal, page 80a
  • Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “უ̂იჯ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, pages 1667, 2011
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