ყბა
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Georgian
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Etymology
From Old Georgian ყბაჲ (q̇bay), from Proto-Kartvelian *q̇ab-.
Pronunciation
Noun
- jaw, jowl
- (Khevsureti) beard
Inflection
| Declension of ყბა (see Georgian declension) | |||
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| singular | plural | archaic plural | |
| nominative | ყბა (q̇ba) | ყბები (q̇bebi) | ყბანი (q̇bani) |
| ergative | ყბამ (q̇bam) | ყბებმა (q̇bebma) | ყბათ(ა) (q̇bat(a)) |
| dative | ყბას(ა) (q̇bas(a)) | ყბებს(ა) (q̇bebs(a)) | ყბათ(ა) (q̇bat(a)) |
| genitive | ყბის(ა) (q̇bis(a)) | ყბების(ა) (q̇bebis(a)) | ყბათ(ა) (q̇bat(a)) |
| instrumental | ყბით(ა) (q̇bit(a)) | ყბებით(ა) (q̇bebit(a)) | |
| adverbial | ყბად(ა) (q̇bad(a)) | ყბებად(ა) (q̇bebad(a)) | |
| vocative | ყბავ (q̇bav) | ყბებო (q̇bebo) | ყბანო (q̇bano) |
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| Postpositional inflection of ყბა (see Georgian postpositions) | ||
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| postpositions taking a dative case | singular | plural |
| -ზე (-ze, “on”) | ყბაზე (q̇baze) | ყბებზე (q̇bebze) |
| -თან (-tan, “near”) | ყბასთან (q̇bastan) | ყბებთან (q̇bebtan) |
| -ში (-ši, “in”) | ყბაში (q̇baši) | ყბებში (q̇bebši) |
| -ვით (-vit, “like”) | ყბასავით (q̇basavit) | ყბებივით (q̇bebivit) |
| postpositions taking a genitive case | singular | plural |
| -თვის (-tvis, “for”) | ყბისთვის (q̇bistvis) | ყბებისთვის (q̇bebistvis) |
| -ებრ (-ebr, “like”) | ყბისებრ (q̇bisebr) | ყბებისებრ (q̇bebisebr) |
| -კენ (-ḳen, “towards”) | ყბისკენ (q̇bisḳen) | ყბებისკენ (q̇bebisḳen) |
| -გან (-gan, “from/of”) | ყბისგან (q̇bisgan) | ყბებისგან (q̇bebisgan) |
| postpositions taking an instrumental case | singular | plural |
| -დან (-dan, “from/since”) | ყბიდან (q̇bidan) | ყბებიდან (q̇bebidan) |
| -ურთ (-urt, “together with”) | ყბითურთ (q̇biturt) | ყბებითურთ (q̇bebiturt) |
| postpositions taking an adverbial case | singular | plural |
| -მდე (-mde, “up to”) | ყბამდე (q̇bamde) | ყბებამდე (q̇bebamde) |
Derived terms
- ყბებს დაამტვრევს (q̇bebs daamṭvrevs)
- ყბას დააღებს (q̇bas daaɣebs)
- ყბას (q̇bas)
Further reading
- Šaniʒe, Aḳaḳi (1984) Kartuli ḳiloebi mtaši [Georgian Mountain Dialects] (Txzulebani tormeṭ ṭomad; 1) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: University Press, page 428a