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Georgian
Etymology
From Old Georgian ყბაჲ (q̇bay), from Proto-Kartvelian *q̇ab-.
Pronunciation
Noun
ყბა • (q̇ba) (plural ყბები)
- jaw, jowl
- (Khevsureti) beard
Inflection
Postpositional inflection of ყბა (see Georgian postpositions)
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postpositions taking the dative case
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singular
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plural
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-ზე (-ze, “on”)
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ყბაზე (q̇baze)
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ყბებზე (q̇bebze)
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-თან (-tan, “near”)
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ყბასთან (q̇bastan)
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ყბებთან (q̇bebtan)
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-ში (-ši, “in”)
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ყბაში (q̇baši)
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ყბებში (q̇bebši)
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-ვით (-vit, “like”)
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ყბასავით (q̇basavit)
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ყბებივით (q̇bebivit)
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postpositions taking the genitive case
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singular
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plural
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-თვის (-tvis, “for”)
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ყბისთვის (q̇bistvis)
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ყბებისთვის (q̇bebistvis)
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-ებრ (-ebr, “like”)
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ყბისებრ (q̇bisebr)
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ყბებისებრ (q̇bebisebr)
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-კენ (-ḳen, “towards”)
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ყბისკენ (q̇bisḳen)
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ყბებისკენ (q̇bebisḳen)
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-გან (-gan, “from/of”)
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ყბისგან (q̇bisgan)
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ყბებისგან (q̇bebisgan)
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-ადმი (-admi, “in relation to”)
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ყბისადმი (q̇bisadmi)
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ყბებისადმი (q̇bebisadmi)
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postpositions taking the instrumental case
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singular
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plural
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-დან (-dan, “from/since”)
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ყბიდან (q̇bidan)
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ყბებიდან (q̇bebidan)
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-ურთ (-urt, “together with”)
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ყბითურთ (q̇biturt)
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ყბებითურთ (q̇bebiturt)
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postpositions taking the adverbial case
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singular
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plural
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-მდე (-mde, “up to”)
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ყბამდე (q̇bamde)
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ყბებამდე (q̇bebamde)
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Derived terms
Further reading
- Šaniʒe, Aḳaḳi (1984) “ყბა”, in Kartuli ḳiloebi mtaši [Georgian Mountain Dialects] (Txzulebani tormeṭ ṭomad; 1) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: University Press, page 428a