ღვაჭიჭა

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Georgian

Etymology

Compare ყვაჭიჭა (q̇vač̣ič̣a, European tree frog). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ღვა‧ჭი‧ჭა

Noun

ღვაჭიჭა (ɣvač̣ič̣a) (plural ღვაჭიჭები)

  1. (dialectal, Guria) frog
    Synonym: ბაყაყი (baq̇aq̇i)

Inflection

Declension of ღვაჭიჭა (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative ღვაჭიჭა (ɣvač̣ič̣a) ღვაჭიჭები (ɣvač̣ič̣ebi) ღვაჭიჭანი (ɣvač̣ič̣ani)
ergative ღვაჭიჭამ (ɣvač̣ič̣am) ღვაჭიჭებმა (ɣvač̣ič̣ebma) ღვაჭიჭათ(ა) (ɣvač̣ič̣at(a))
dative ღვაჭიჭას(ა) (ɣvač̣ič̣as(a)) ღვაჭიჭებს(ა) (ɣvač̣ič̣ebs(a)) ღვაჭიჭათ(ა) (ɣvač̣ič̣at(a))
genitive ღვაჭიჭის(ა) (ɣvač̣ič̣is(a)) ღვაჭიჭების(ა) (ɣvač̣ič̣ebis(a)) ღვაჭიჭათ(ა) (ɣvač̣ič̣at(a))
instrumental ღვაჭიჭით(ა) (ɣvač̣ič̣it(a)) ღვაჭიჭებით(ა) (ɣvač̣ič̣ebit(a))
adverbial ღვაჭიჭად(ა) (ɣvač̣ič̣ad(a)) ღვაჭიჭებად(ა) (ɣvač̣ič̣ebad(a))
vocative ღვაჭიჭავ (ɣvač̣ič̣av) ღვაჭიჭებო (ɣvač̣ič̣ebo) ღვაჭიჭანო (ɣvač̣ič̣ano)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of ღვაჭიჭა (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking the dative case singular plural
-ზე (-ze, on) ღვაჭიჭაზე (ɣvač̣ič̣aze) ღვაჭიჭებზე (ɣvač̣ič̣ebze)
-თან (-tan, near) ღვაჭიჭასთან (ɣvač̣ič̣astan) ღვაჭიჭებთან (ɣvač̣ič̣ebtan)
-ში (-ši, in) ღვაჭიჭაში (ɣvač̣ič̣aši) ღვაჭიჭებში (ɣvač̣ič̣ebši)
-ვით (-vit, like) ღვაჭიჭასავით (ɣvač̣ič̣asavit) ღვაჭიჭებივით (ɣvač̣ič̣ebivit)
postpositions taking the genitive case singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, for) ღვაჭიჭისთვის (ɣvač̣ič̣istvis) ღვაჭიჭებისთვის (ɣvač̣ič̣ebistvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, like) ღვაჭიჭისებრ (ɣvač̣ič̣isebr) ღვაჭიჭებისებრ (ɣvač̣ič̣ebisebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, towards) ღვაჭიჭისკენ (ɣvač̣ič̣isḳen) ღვაჭიჭებისკენ (ɣvač̣ič̣ebisḳen)
-გან (-gan, from/of) ღვაჭიჭისგან (ɣvač̣ič̣isgan) ღვაჭიჭებისგან (ɣvač̣ič̣ebisgan)
-ადმი (-admi, in relation to) ღვაჭიჭისადმი (ɣvač̣ič̣isadmi) ღვაჭიჭებისადმი (ɣvač̣ič̣ebisadmi)
postpositions taking the instrumental case singular plural
-დან (-dan, from/since) ღვაჭიჭიდან (ɣvač̣ič̣idan) ღვაჭიჭებიდან (ɣvač̣ič̣ebidan)
-ურთ (-urt, together with) ღვაჭიჭითურთ (ɣvač̣ič̣iturt) ღვაჭიჭებითურთ (ɣvač̣ič̣ebiturt)
postpositions taking the adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (-mde, up to) ღვაჭიჭამდე (ɣvač̣ič̣amde) ღვაჭიჭებამდე (ɣvač̣ič̣ebamde)

Derived terms

References

  • Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “ღვაჭიჭა”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎ (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 202a
  • Megrelidze, I. V. (1938) Лазский и мегрельский слои в гурийском [Laz and Megrelian layers in Gurian] (Труды Института языка и мышления имени Н. Я. Марра; 12)‎, Moscow: Academy Press, pages 191-192
  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 882, derives similar ყვაჭიჭა (q̇vač̣ič̣a) from Mingrelian *ჸვა-ჭიჭა (*ʾva-č̣ič̣a, lit. small foreheard). Compare Laz ღვა (ğva), an alternative form of ყვა (qva, forehead).