უ- -არი

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word უ- -არი. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word უ- -არი, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say უ- -არი in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word უ- -არი you have here. The definition of the word უ- -არი will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofუ- -არი, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Georgian

Pronunciation

Circumfix

უ- -არი (u- -ari)

  1. Circumfixed to nouns or verbal nouns to form adjectives meaning 'without (noun affixed)': -less, un-, in- im-, lacking in something, devoid of something.
    ძილი (ʒili, sleep) → ‎უძილარი (uʒilari, sleepless)
    ძილი (ʒili, sleep) → ‎უძინარი (uʒinari, sleepless) (variation of the version above)
    ცოდნა (codna, knowledge) → ‎უცოდინარი (ucodinari, ignorant)
    მეცნიერი (mecnieri, scholar, scientist, learned, erudite) → ‎უმეცარი (umecari, ignorant)
    სიცილი (sicili, laughter) → ‎უცინარი (ucinari, someone who doesn’t laugh, mirthless, glum, sullen, sulky)
    ჩენა (čena, appearing) → ‎უჩინარი (učinari, invisible)
    წყენა (c̣q̇ena, offence, hurt, wrong, injury) → ‎უწყინარი (uc̣q̇inari, harmless, innocuous)
    ხსოვნა (xsovna, remembrance, recollection, memories of past things/people) → ‎უხსოვარი (uxsovari, immemorial, extremely old, dateless)

Usage notes

A variation of უ- -ალი (u- -ali), when the circumfixed word doesn’t contain the letter (r), or if it does, the letter in question is followed by the letter (l) just before the suffix part. Compare უცინარი (ucinari) and უტირალი (uṭirali). Also see პორტუგალიური (ṗorṭugaliuri) to understand this consonant harmony, which can be represented schematically as:

Synonyms

Derived terms